Cold War and Beyond By Sandman758 Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953 Harry S Truman Oct 24, 1945 United Nations formed Period: Jul 30, 1947 to Jul 30, 1957 Red Scare Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan Apr 4, 1949 NATO founded Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy's Assassination Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974 Richard M. Nixon Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 Gerald R. Ford Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981 Jimmy Carter Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989 Ronald Reagan Mar 11, 1985 Collapse of the U.S.S.R. Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993 Gearge H.W. Bush Aug 2, 1990 Persian Gulf War Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001 Bill Clinton Jan 1, 1994 NAFTA Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009 George W. Bush Sep 11, 2001 9/11 terrorist Attacks Oct 7, 2001 War in Afghanistan Mar 20, 2003 War in Iraq