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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin (1922-1953) was the dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin led Soviet Union through WW2 and proclaimed that he made the greatest sacrifices in order to take down Nazi Germany.
Cold War: Stalin believed he had to take control of Eastern Europe to make sure something like Germany invading Russia wouldn't happen again. However, America viewed this as a threat and decided to contain the Soviet and communism influence. This was the beginning of the Cold War. -
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American and Russian Leaders (1945-1976)
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Franklin D Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt was the 32nd President (4 March 1933-12 April 1945) that lead the U.S through the Great Depression and WW2.
Cold War: He was involved at the Yalta Conference, where he failed to establish post war peace cooperation between the U.S.S.R and The West, with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
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Harry S Truman
Harry S Truman was the 33rd President(12 April 1945-20 January 1953), and was vice president for 82 days before Roosevelt's death.
Cold War: Truman established the Truman doctrine, in which the U.S would protect allies against communist enemies. His failure however, lost the Korean War, which made a severe decline in support for Presidential terms among the American citizens.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev (1953-1964) was the new leader of the Soviet Union as he was the successor of the fallen Stalin.
Cold War: Khrushchev spoke on how there should be cooperation with capitalism and communism, seeing it as the solution to possibly end the Cold War. However, after the Soviet forces shot down an American spy plane, tensions were raised again. Khrushchev was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis, where the was no victor. His influence was weakened, and lost power in 1964. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D Eisenhower was the 34th President(20th January 1953-20th January 1961). He served 2 full terms.
Cold War: Eisenhower negotiated to end the Korean War, seeing how the U.S were failing. He committed new interventions against Soviet-friendly governments in places like Iran and Guatemala. When he stepped down from his office, he warned American public about military industrial complex getting too strong in American life.
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John F Kennedy
John F Kennedy was the 35th President (20th January 1961-22nd November 1963), and was the youngest president, elected at the age of 43.
Cold War: JFK was involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion, a failed invasion with the intention of overthrowing Castro. He was involved later in the Cuban Missile Crisis, where the U.S and U.S.S.R nearly went into nuclear war, however it came to a halt. JFK was assassinated.
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Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union after Khrushchev fell out of power.
Cold War: Brezhnev established the Brezhnev doctrine. Similar to the Truman doctrine, this meant that U.S.S.R would help deal with any threats or enemies of communism in another nation. He also helped ease tensions between the U.S.S.R and the U.S in 1972-1974. -
Lyndon B Johnson
Lyndon B Johnson was the 36th President (22nd November 1963-20th January 1969), was elected into office after JFK's assassination.
Cold War: Johnson took it upon himself to carry on JFK's legacy, inheriting most of his advisers and foreign policy. Johnson was responsible for the heavy influence and involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th President (20th January 1969-9th August 1974), served as Eisenhower's vice president 1953-1961.
Cold War: Nixon stood on a strong platform opposing communism.He was the president in the latter part of the Vietnam War, where in 1973 the U.S decided to pull out of Vietnam and ultimately lost.
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was the 38th President (9th August 1974-20 January 1977), who pardoned Nixon from his Watergate scandal.
Cold War: During the Cold War, Ford was responsible for easing tension between the Soviet Union and China.
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