Event
Cold War
Rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies, about 1947–1991.
- Dates
- 1947–1991
- Span 1947–1991
- includes End of the Cold War 1989–1991
The Cold War was a global rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. It included the Space Race and its most dangerous moment, the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Connections 10
involved
- United States Primary record 1
- Soviet Union Primary record 1
- United States government Primary record 2
- Soviet government Primary record 2
- RAND Corporation research on managing the nuclear standoff Primary record 3
includes
- End of the Cold War 1989–1991 Primary record 4
- Cuban Missile Crisis Primary record 1
- Jupiter missile deployment in Turkey Scholarship & press 5
- Operation Anadyr Scholarship & press 6
- Space Race Primary record 2
Timeline 2 dates
- 1947–1991 Cold War
- 1989–1991 End of the Cold War part of Cold War
Proof 6 sources
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
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Sputnik, 1957 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
In this way, the launch of Sputnik fueled both the space race and the arms race, in addition to increasing Cold War tensions
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A Brief History of the RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation.
Primary record
From the earliest days of the Cold War, RAND researchers had been thinking through how to manage a global standoff between two nuclear-armed superpowers.
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U.S.-Soviet Relations, 1981-1991 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
During these years the specter of a nuclear war between the superpowers receded as the Cold War ended swiftly, nearly entirely peacefully, and on U.S. terms.
- The Jupiter Missiles and the Endgame of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Sealing the Deal with Italy and Turkey, Wilson Center, 20 Apr 2023. Scholarship & press
- Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, 2002. Scholarship & press
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