COLD WAR WHO'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