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This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).
Historians have not fully agreed on the dates, but 1947–1991 is common. ... Ronald Reagan – 1981–1989; ... Timeline of events in the Cold War; World War III;
This period of the Cold War would encompass the first term of American President Ronald Reagan (1981–1985), the death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1982, and the brief interim period of Soviet leadership consisting of Yuri Andropov (1982–1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (1984–1985).
The period in the late 1970s and early 1980s showed an intensive reawakening of Cold War tensions and conflicts. Tensions greatly increased between the major powers with both sides becoming more militant. [249] Diggins says, "Reagan went all out to fight the second cold war, by supporting counterinsurgencies in the third world."
Nancy Reagan (/ ˈ r eɪ ɡ ən /; born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress who was the first lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, as the second wife of President Ronald Reagan.
World map of alliances in 1970 The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space rendez-vous, one of the attempts at cooperation between the US and the USSR during the détenteThe Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the ...
Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That's what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first lady decided to hold his second inauguration indoors because of an unusually cold weather forecast.
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War (2010). popular; Matlock, Jack F. Autopsy on an Empire (1995) online by US ambassador to Moscow; Matlock, Jack F. Reagan and Gorbachev : how the Cold War ended (2004) online; Powaski, Ronald E. The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1917–1991 (1998) Romero ...