Cold War and Beyond

Harry Truman

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

United Nations

Oct 24, 1945

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

Marshall Plan

Apr 30, 1948

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

Dwight Eisenhower

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

John F. Kennedy

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

Bay of Pig

Apr 17, 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

Death of Kennedy

Nov 22, 1963

Lyndon Johnson

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Richard Nixon

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Ronald Reagan

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

George H.W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe

Nov 9, 1989

Gulf of Persia War

Aug 2, 1990

Soviet Union collapse

Dec 26, 1991

William Clinton [bill]

Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

George W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

Twin tower attack

Sep 11, 2001

war in aghanistan

Oct 7, 2001

War in Iraq

Mar 20, 2003