Cold War Us President Timeline
Collection presidential retreats presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position.
Cold war us president timeline. Yalta conference meeting of fdr churchill stalin the big three soviet union has control of eastern europe. Bush became the forty first president. Entered presidency when the united states and soviet union were having problems. Related information the presidents biographies portraits.
A us spy plane reported sighting the construction of a soviet nuclear missile base in cuba. The cold war begins. A timeline created with timetoasts interactive timeline maker. President bush ended the cold war and led the first war with iraq.
Kennedy john fitzgerald 1917 1963. Bill clinton 1993 2001 bill clinton was elected as the 42nd us. Containment policy this made the us. He did many good things for the country like the nafta trade agreement but he was later faced impeachment.
For early leaders it was a. Truman was the first cold war president. War was averted when the russians agreed on 28th october to remove the weapons. Inaugurated as 34th president of the united states of america.
The united states agreed not to invade cuba. Apr 12 1945 to jan 20 1981. Truman becomes president period. Atomic bombing of japan 1945 cold war with soviet union united nations marshall plan 1948 nato 1949 korean war 1950 1953 34.
About us our history mission team. Eisenhower dwight david ike 1890 1969. Timeline of the cold war 1945 defeat of germany and japan february 4 11. Historians do not fully agree on the dates but the period is generally considered to span the 1947 truman doctrine to the 1991 dissolution of the soviet union.
Concerned with the soviet union attempting to spread communism he developed the policy that became known as containment. World war ii 1939 1945 33 truman harry s. Resist soviet attempts at comunist governments around the world. President kennedy set up a naval blockade and demanded the removal of the missiles.
The cold war was a period of geopolitical tension between the soviet union and the united states and their respective allies the eastern bloc and the western bloc after world war ii. Signed the helsinki accords marking a move towards detente in the cold war.