The Cold War By s_sjulsdorf@bifskorea.org Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1995 The Cold War Aug 18, 1950 Beginning of the Korean War Period: Aug 18, 1950 to Aug 18, 1952 President Truman Period: Aug 18, 1950 to Aug 18, 1953 Stalin Period: Aug 18, 1952 to Aug 18, 1960 President Eisenhower Aug 18, 1953 End of Korean war Period: Aug 18, 1953 to Aug 18, 1964 Khrushchev Aug 18, 1956 Hungarian Uprising Period: Aug 18, 1960 to Aug 18, 1963 President Kennedy Aug 18, 1961 Berlin Wall Built Oct 18, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Period: Aug 18, 1963 to Aug 18, 1968 President Johnson Period: Aug 18, 1963 to Aug 18, 1972 AMERICAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM Period: Aug 18, 1964 to Aug 18, 1982 Brezhnev Aug 18, 1968 The Prague Spring: Czechoslovakia Period: Aug 18, 1968 to Aug 18, 1974 President Nixon Period: Aug 18, 1974 to Aug 18, 1977 President Ford Period: Aug 18, 1977 to Aug 18, 1980 President Carter Aug 18, 1980 Solidarity in Poland Period: Aug 18, 1980 to Aug 18, 1988 President Reagan Aug 18, 1981 Solidarity in Poland Period: Aug 18, 1982 to Aug 18, 1984 Andropov Period: Aug 18, 1984 to Aug 18, 1985 Chernenko Period: Aug 18, 1985 to Aug 18, 1991 Gorbachev Period: Aug 18, 1988 to Aug 18, 1992 President Bush Aug 18, 1989 Collapse of Communism in eastern Europe Aug 18, 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union
