The Cold War

Summary

Following World War II, through the 1990s, there existed a sense of mutual distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union. The hostile environment included American fears of a Russian plan to control the world and the USSR’s resentment over US intervention in foreign countries. The Cold War includes such speeches as JFK’s address to the nation on the arms buildup in Cuba and commending West Berliners on their dedication to democracy, Presidents Nixon and Ford on treaty talks in Helsinki, and Ronald Reagan confronting Mikhail Gorbachev at the Berlin Wall. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom.

• Winston Churchill, “The Iron Curtain,” 3/5/46
• Harry Truman, “The Truman Doctrine,” 3/12/47
• George C. Marshall, “The Marshall Plan,” 6/5/47
• Harry Truman, Korean War, 4/11/51
• Dwight Eisenhower, “Chance For Peace,” 4/16/53
• Dwight Eisenhower, “Atoms For Peace,” 12/8/53
• John Kennedy, Nixon Presidential Debate, 10/7/60
• John Kennedy, “Bay Of Pigs,” 4/27/61
• John Kennedy, “Cuban Missile Crisis,” 10/22/62
• John Kennedy, Nuclear Arms Reduction, 6/10/63
• John Kennedy, Berlin Wall, 6/26/63
• Dwight Eisenhower, “World Peace,” 7/13/64
• Lyndon Baines Johnson, Vietnam, 9/29/67
• Richard Nixon, Vietnam, 11/3/69
• Richard Nixon, SALT Treaty Talks, 5/20/71
• Gerald Ford, Foreign Policy, 4/10/75
• Gerald Ford, Helsinki Peace Accord, 8/1/75
• Jimmy Carter, China Relations, 12/15/78
• Ronald Reagan, “Evil Empire,” 3/8/83
• Ronald Reagan, Brandenberg Gate, 6/12/87