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George F. Kenndy
An American diplomat and leading authority and the soviet union. In 1947 issue of the magazine foreign affairs George published an article titled The Source of the Soviet Conduct. His article presented a blue print for American history -
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Korean War
The main role for Korea in the cold war was a setting for a conflict between communist and the west The conflict was wit North Korea and anti-communist South Korea . Both sides wanted to reunify the country by force. -
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Vietnam War
As the cold war continued into the 1960's Truman took the office facing the spread of communism abroad and the threat of nuclear war. American channeled aid to the south Vietnam in different ways. 1954, the U.S. and seven other countries form an southeast Asia Treaty organization. In February 1965 president dramatically altering the U.S. role in the Vietnam war. -
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Launch of Sputnik
On this day the Soviet launched the Sputnik and the worlds first artificial satellite it weighed 184 pounds it took about 98 min to orbit.This satellite launched was looked at by the U.S. as seemingly capable of delivering nuclear warhead into the U.S. air -
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Bay of pigs invasion
The CIA led force Cuban exiles attacked Cuba in the bay of pigs invasion. The invasion was mismanaged, all but 300 of 1,400 invaders were killed or captured -
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The Creation of the Berlin Wall
After returning home both world leaders made move that threatened peace. The Berlin wall became a visible symbol of reality of two Germany's and the gulf between the communist , east and the democratic west. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The CMC was a dangerous moment in the cold war between the U.S. and the soviet union. CMC was also known as the carbbean crisis or the missile scare. It was the 13th day confrontation between the united and the soviet union concerning missile deployment in Cuba. The U.S. found out that the missile was close it could hit D.C. or Dallas it left the 3 options. A surgical airstrike, an airstrike followed by the U.S. invading Cuba, and a blockade of soviet ships. U.S. pick to blockade. -
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Salt 1 & Salt 2
Salt 1 was commonly known as the 1st strategic arms limitation talks between the U.S.S.R and the U.S communist leader. They met in November of 1969 to come up with a treaty that would contain the arms race.
In late 1972 negotiations began for salt 2 and continued for seven years, and in 1979 June 18th in Vienna, Brezhneul and President Carter signed the Salty 2 treaty. -
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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet- Afghan war lasted over nine years. The Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country.
It was a watershed event of the cold war, marling the only time the soviet union invaded a country outside the eastern blockade, a strategic decision met by nearly worldwide condemnation. -
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The Fall of The Berlin Wall
The other side of Germany was allowed to cross over in to the communist side of Germany. The communist party announced a change in the city -
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The Fall of Communism In The USSR
the fall of east Germany's communist government, east German authorities opened the wall's gates. In 1991, hard-liners in the soviet union attempted to stage a coup in a last-gasp attempt to maintain communist rule, but when millions of Russians led by Boris yeltsin, rolled in the streets of Moscow in support of Gorbecheu, the coup fell apart. Which ended in them losing all power to east Germany.
Bush amd yetsin issued a joint statement in 1992 pledging friendship and cooperation.