A History of the Cold War By jeremymx96 Period: Jan 1, 1938 to Jan 1, 1975 H.U.A.C. Feb 11, 1945 Yalta Conference Start: February 4 Feb 11, 1945 Mutually Assured Destruction (Start) Still policy today Mar 5, 1946 Iron Curtain Speech Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine (Speech) Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan (signed into law) Jun 15, 1948 Berlin Airlift (Start) Apr 4, 1949 NATO Formed Aug 29, 1949 Soviet Detonation of the Atomic Bomb Period: Aug 29, 1949 to Jan 1, 2001 Arms Race Oct 1, 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution Period: Feb 11, 1950 to Feb 11, 1956 McCarthyism / Red Scare Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Jul 1, 1950 Rosenberg Spy Case (Start) Jan 21, 1951 Alger Hiss Conviction Jan 1, 1952 McCaran - height of influence McCarran Act Nov 1, 1952 H-Bomb Detonation Mar 5, 1953 Stalin's Death Jan 12, 1954 "Massice Retaliation" Policy Announced Mar 13, 1954 Dien Bien Phu (start) March 13 to May 7 Apr 7, 1954 Domino Theory Jun 18, 1954 Guatemelan Coup Period: May 14, 1955 to Jan 1, 1991 Warsaw Pact Period: Aug 2, 1955 to Jan 1, 1972 Space Race Feb 24, 1956 Khrushchev's Secret Speeh Period: Dec 12, 1956 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Oct 4, 1957 Launching of Sputnik Jan 1, 1959 Neutron Bomb Feb 16, 1959 Fidel Castro to Power Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Jan 1, 1970 Period of Trsscom May 1, 1960 U-2 Spy Plane Affair Apr 15, 1961 Bay of Pigs Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall Oct 22, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 27, 1962 The B-59 Submarine Incident Aug 5, 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Aug 30, 1963 Hotline installed Aug 7, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Period: Oct 14, 1964 to Nov 10, 1982 Brezhnev Rule Sep 30, 1965 Indonesian Coup Jun 5, 1967 Six Day War (Start) Jun 8, 1967 Attack on U.S.S. Liberty Jan 5, 1968 Prague Spring Rebellion (start) Jan 30, 1968 Tet Offensive (start) May 22, 1968 U.S.S. Scorpion Lost Period: Nov 13, 1968 to Jan 1, 1981 Brezhnev Doctrine Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Dec 1, 1979 Détente Jan 28, 1969 Start of Vietnamization Nov 1, 1969 SALT I Period: Apr 17, 1975 to Jan 1, 1979 Cambodia and Khmer Rouger Aug 1, 1975 Helsinki Accords Nov 9, 1979 NORAD Computer Glitch Period: Dec 1, 1979 to Feb 27, 1989 Afghanistan War Period: Aug 31, 1980 to Jan 1, 1990 Polish Solidarity Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989 Reagan Presidency Mar 23, 1983 SDI Proposed Nov 7, 1983 Able Archer 83 Exercise Jan 1, 1985 John Walker Imprisonment Mar 11, 1985 Start of Perestroika Mar 11, 1985 Start of Glastnost Period: Mar 11, 1985 to Aug 24, 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev (Leads Soviet Union) Jun 1, 1988 INF Treaty goes into effect Oct 3, 1990 German Reunification
