With our in-depth introduction to the important diplomats and their positions, you can experience the fierce competition and political scheming of the Cold War era.
Investigate the approaches and viewpoints of well-known individuals as they negotiate the heated geopolitical environment of the day. Learn about the important occurrences and choices that affected the globe during this period of international unrest.
Diplomat | Policy | |
Harry S. Truman | Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan | |
Joseph Stalin | Soviet Expansion, Iron Curtain | |
Winston Churchill | Iron Curtain Speech, Containment | |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | New Look Policy, Domino Theory | |
Nikita Khrushchev | De-Stalinization, Cuban Missile Crisis | |
John F. Kennedy | Flexible Response, Peace Corps | |
Richard Nixon | Détente, Nixon Doctrine | |
Henry Kissinger | Realpolitik, Ping Pong Diplomacy | |
Ronald Reagan | Reagan Doctrine, Strategic Defense Initiative | |
Mikhail Gorbachev | Perestroika, Glasnost | |
George H. W. Bush | New World Order, Fall of the Berlin Wall | |
Margaret Thatcher | Thatcherism, Falklands War | |
Zhou Enlai | One-China Policy, Ping Pong Diplomacy | |
Fidel Castro | Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs Invasion | |
Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese Independence, Viet Cong | |
Gamal Abdel Nasser | Arab Nationalism, Suez Crisis | |
Jawaharlal Nehru | Non-Alignment, Panchsheel Principles | |
Josip Broz Tito | Non-Aligned Movement, Independent Yugoslavia | |
Kim Il-sung | Juche Ideology, Korean War | |
Lyndon B. Johnson | Vietnam War, Great Society | |
Willy Brandt | Ostpolitik, Brandt Report | |
Nelson Mandela | Anti-Apartheid Movement, ANC | |
Golda Meir | Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War | |
Fidel Castro | Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs |