COLD WARWHO'S WHO?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President of the U.S.

met at Yalta Conference to divide post war Germany

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Great Britain represented G.B. at Yalta

skeptical of USSR and its leader Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

leader of USSR

communist dictator

made large promises for Eastern Europe during WWII but did not follow through

Harry S. Truman

President of U.S. at end of WWII

decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan showed Stalin the U.S. had a willingness to stop communism at all cost

at Potsdam Conference he urged Stalin to permit free elections in Eastern Europe

containment as foreign policy

Truman Doctrine

George Marshall

U.S. Secretary of State under Truman

Marshall Plan

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Former Army General

elected president after Truman

increased military spending while working towards negotiations for nuclear arms reduction

military spying of USSR under his leadership (U-2)

John Foster Dulles

Secretary of State under Eisenhower

promoted brinkmanship or, willingness to go to the edge of war with USSR

Mao Zedong

Leader of Chinese communists

supported by Soviets

after WWII will fight nationalists and win loyalty from peasants and gain control of entire country

Jiang Jieshi

Leader of Chinese nationalists

supported by U.S. but downfall due to corruption

defeated and forced to Taiwan

Douglas MacArthur

commander of UN forces in South Korea

called for invasion/bombing of China but removed for questioning President Truman

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese nationalist who used support from communist countries to drive out France and the U.S.

supported by his people but ruled with cruelty

Ngo Dinh Diem

leader of South Vietnam

put in power by France and U.S.

ruled as a dictator and created many enemies of his own people

Richard Nixon

President of the United States at the end of the Vietnam War

introduced Vietnamization

Pol Pot

led a communist revolution in Cambodia

rebels known as Khmer Rouge

followers killed 2 million people

Fidel Castro

harsh dictator of Cuba

restricted many aspects of life

supported by Soviet Union

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States during Cuban Missile Crisis

repeatedly worked with Soviets for peace and reduction of arms

Nikita Khruschev

Replaced Stalin as leader of USSR

supported communist movement in Cuba including construction and supplying of missile launch sites

worked with U.S. presidents for reduction of arms and peace

Lyndon Johnson

U.S. president after JFK

increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam

Ayatollah Khomeni

Muslim leader of Iran who worked to overthrow the shah of Iran

hated U.S. and their support of the shah

called for overthrow of secular nations

led Islamic militants in the taking of U.S. hostages

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States during the Iranian hostage crisis

boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics because of Soviet fighting in Afghanistan

Ronald Reagan

final U.S. president in the Cold War

world popularity led to tearing down of Berlin Wall and end to Cold War