Cold War: A Brief History | History of the Atomic Age. History: Cold War. Cold War History - Cold War. Almost as soon as he took office, President Richard Nixon (1913-1994) began to implement a new approach to international relations. Instead of viewing the world as a hostile, “bi-polar” place, he suggested, why not use diplomacy instead of military action to create more poles?
To that end, he encouraged the United Nations to recognize the communist Chinese government and, after a trip there in 1972, began to establish diplomatic relations with Beijing. At the same time, he adopted a policy of “détente”–”relaxation”–toward the Soviet Union. In 1972, he and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982) signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), which prohibited the manufacture of nuclear missiles by both sides and took a step toward reducing the decades-old threat of nuclear war. Despite Nixon’s efforts, the Cold War heated up again under President Ronald Reagan (1911-2004). Even as Reagan fought communism in Central America, however, the Soviet Union was disintegrating. US History Timeline: Cold War. Before 1600 | 1600 - 1700 | 1700 - 1800 | 1800 - 1900 | 1900 - 2000 | American Revolution Timeline | Cold War Timeline 1945 Feb. Yalta Conference May World War II ends in Europe. Aug. Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe 1946 Jan. 1947 Jan.
March Truman Doctrine announced. 1948 June Berlin Airlift begins (ends May 19, 1949) 1949 April North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established. Aug. Oct. 1950 June U.S. and other U.N. members fight North Korean forces. (the Korean War ends July 27, 1953) 1953 Aug. 1954 June U.S. sponsored coup overthrows Guatemalan government. Sept. 1955 May Warsaw Pact formed. July First Summit Meeting between President Dwight Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. 1956 Nov. 1957 Oct. 1959 Feb. 1961 Apr.
Aug. 1962 June Sino‑Soviet Conflict begins. Oct. 1964 Oct. 1965 April U.S. sends troops to the Dominican Republic. Aug. 1968 Aug. 1972 Feb. 1973 Sept. 1975 Apr. 1976 Feb. 1979 Jan. Dec. 1980 Aug. 1983 Dec. 1985 Mar. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Category: Revision - andallthat.co.uk. Survial Under Atomic Attack 1950. Cold War Hot Links: Web Sorces Relating to the Cold War. Cold War Hot Links These links are to webpages which other people have created and like most things on the net, they run the entire spectrum of political thought and vary greatly in quality. Nonetheless, they do provide web- surfers with some interesting views and information on the Cold War and the National Security State.
Some Cold War Web Resources Scanned FOIA Anthropology Documents About this page and what I'm up to. I'm an anthropologist who is using the Freedom of Information Act, archival sources and interviews to write an historical account of the influences of the Cold War on American anthropology. Cold War. Cold War Museum. Cold-war.info. The Cold War. The webserver at Alpha History tells us you’re using an adblocking tool, plug-in or browser extension on your computer or network. We understand that many people don’t like web-based advertising. Ads on websites can often be irrelevant, distracting and ‘in your face’. Without ads, however, our website would not exist – or it would not be free. Ads are how we fund the creation and delivery of our content.
We love providing free textbook-quality content and resources to people like you. Ads help us achieve this. If you would like to use our website and its resources, please disable your adblocker or whitelist our website. To access the Alpha History website, please complete one of the following steps: * Disable or deactivate your adblocking software, tool or plug-in. * Whitelist our top level domain (alphahistory.com) in your adblocking software. Thank you for your understanding. Have a nice day! Alpha History staff.