The Cold War By dstroughair198 Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1995 United States of America Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1995 The Soviet Union Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1952 Truman Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1952 Stalin Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1953 The Korean War Period: Jan 1, 1952 to Jan 1, 1960 Eisenhower Period: Jan 1, 1953 to Dec 31, 1963 Khrushchev Jan 1, 1956 The Hungarian Uprising Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1962 Kennedy Jan 1, 1961 Berlin Wall built Oct 1, 1962 The Cuban missile crisis Period: Jan 1, 1963 to May 15, 1968 Johnson Period: Sep 30, 1963 to Oct 1, 1972 American military involvement in Vietnam Period: Jan 1, 1964 to Dec 31, 1981 Brezhnev Jan 1, 1968 The Prague Spring: Czechoslovakia Period: May 16, 1968 to Oct 15, 1974 Nixon Period: Oct 16, 1974 to Oct 15, 1976 Ford Period: Oct 16, 1976 to Jan 31, 1980 Carter Period: Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 31, 1981 Solidarity in Poland Period: Feb 1, 1980 to May 31, 1988 Reagan Period: Jan 1, 1982 to Dec 31, 1983 Andropov Period: Jan 1, 1984 to Sep 30, 1985 Chernenko Period: Oct 1, 1985 to Dec 31, 1990 Gorbachev Period: Jun 1, 1988 to Feb 1, 1992 Bush Jan 1, 1989 Collapse of Communism in eastern Europe Jan 1, 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union Period: Feb 2, 1992 to Dec 31, 2001 Clinton