The period known as Détente

The French word “détente” means a release of tension and this is what occurred at the beginning of the 1970s

Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR) – (1931-Present)

Mikhail Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in the Southern region of Russia, studying law at Moscow state university

Even before his presidency, Ronald Reagan felt that the continuing policies of containment and detente were not doing enough to

By the time President John F. Kennedy (JFK) came into office in 1961, the fight against communist aggression was still

Since 1947, Nikita Khrushchev had played an important role in Soviet politics, with Stalin placing him as the head of

In the aftermath following the Second World War, Stalin’s main aims for the Soviet Union were to rebuild the damages

Ushering in the success of defeating Germany in WWII, Harry S. Truman served for two full terms as president between

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was established on July 26 when President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act

Marshal Josip Broz Tito was the leader of Yugoslavia (a country in south-east Europe) for much of the Cold War.

The Cold War did not just happen between the US and the Soviet Union. With the nature of warzones, other