The cold war (jan 1, 1945 – jan 1, 1990)
Description:
1. American-Soviet global rivalry2. Presidents Truman through Bush (“Policy of Containment”)
3. nuclear proliferation/East vs. West/communism vs. capitalism/space race 4. ‘Proxy Wars’: Korea(‘50-’53)/Vietnam(‘64-’75)/Afghanistan(‘80-’89)
5. ‘Red Scare’: McCarthyism, ‘bomb shelters’
6. The End: The Fall of the Berlin Wall(‘89)
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1945
jan 1, 1990
~ 45 years