Research Guides: HIST 602: European Politics &amp; War: U.S. Government

U.S. Government

The U.S. Government is the world's largest publisher and U.S. relations with European institutions and countries are documented in a wide variety of publications from multiple agencies.

Catalog of Government Publications
U.S. Government Publishing Office resource of recent and historic government publications.

ProQuest Congressional Publications
Historic U.S. Government publications including agency reports, congressional committee reports on legislation, congressional committee hearings from 1824-1979, and congressional debates.

Air Force Historical Support Division
Center for Military History (U.S. Army)
Central Intelligence Agency Freedom of Information Act Reading Room
Electronic reading room providing access to historic declassified CIA documents on a global scale.
Commission on Security Cooperation in Europe
Congressional commission reviewing European countries compliance with the 1975 Helsinki Commission.
Congressional Record
Contains text of congressional debate, bills, and recorded votes on legislation. Issues cost estimates for legislation reported by congressional committees.
Foreign Relations of the United States
Produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, this is the official documentary record of U.S. foreign policy. Volumes are arranged by presidential administration, geographic region, and topic area. These volumes are generally declassified and publicly released 30 years after they were written.
Hathitrust Catalog
Historic resources on governmental policymaking from governmental and non-governmental sources from multiple research libraries.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives with jurisdiction over bills and investigations concerning the foreign affairs of the United States.
Marine Corps History Division
The primary task of the Marine Corps History Division is to research and write the Marine Corps' official history.
Naval History & Heritage Command
The Naval History & Heritage Command is responsible for the preservation, analysis, an dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
This U.S. Government chartered organization broadcasts news and information to countries of the former Soviet bloc and has an extensive website of news reports and analysis.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Conducts oversight of U.S. State Department, various foreign policy programs, and U.S. foreign policy. Plays a key role in approving or rejecting U.S. treaties with foreign countries & international government organizations.

U.S. Declassified Documents Online This link opens in a new window
Searchable database of previously classified federal records spanning the twentieth and twenty first centuries. The types of materials include intelligence studies, policy papers, diplomatic correspondence, cabinet meeting minutes, briefing materials, and domestic surveillance and military reports. Database allows users to to locate the full text of documents and filter their search results by document type, issue date, source institution, classification level, and date declassified as well as other document characteristics.

HIST 602: European Politics & War

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