Curated playlist
Cold War history of the United States
- New Look (policy)The New Look was not a fashion statement but Eisenhower's Cold War security policy.
- Washington Summit (1987)Reagan and Gorbachev signed a treaty in 1987 that eliminated a whole category of nuclear missiles.
- Presidency of Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan had been president of the United States for only 69 days when gunfire broke out beside the Washington Hilton Hotel on the 30th of March 1981. The shooter, John Hinckley Jr., hit Reagan, his press secretary James Brady,…
- Reagan DoctrineThe Reagan Doctrine began as a blunt idea that Ronald Reagan put to Richard V. Allen in January 1977. Allen would later serve as his National Security Advisor, but at that point Reagan was not yet president. Reagan called his view of…
- Presidency of Harry S. TrumanHarry Truman became president without having been told about the Manhattan Project.
- Strategic Arms Limitation TalksSix months after SALT II was signed, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The US Senate never ratified the treaty.
- Bay of Pigs InvasionKennedy canceled the second air strikes the night before the Bay of Pigs landing.
- NSC 68NSC 68 left out the views of the government's top Kremlin experts. It cited only the harshest Soviet claims.
- Marshall PlanTruman tried to bury the Marshall Plan speech, but the BBC read all of it aloud.
- X ArticleA 1947 magazine essay signed only X gave America the word containment. Its author was diplomat George Kennan.
- Cuban Missile CrisisIn October 1962, a US spy plane pilot was shot down over Cuba by Soviet missiles.