Introduction
1. Leon Trotsky Calls for World Revolution, November 8, 1917
2. Adolf Hitler Predicts the Cold War, April 2, 1945
3. Josef Stalin Argues the Laws of History Will Soon End the World War II Alliance, February 9, 1946
4. Winston Churchill Discusses the Fall of the Iron Curtain, March 5, 1946
5. The Truman Doctrine, March 12, 1947
6. George Marshall Gives the Most Important Commencement Address in History, June 5, 1947
7. Andrei Zhdanov Announces a World Split in Two, September 22, 1947
8. Ernest Bevin Warns of the Soviet Threat, January 22, 1948
9. Ernst Reuter Announces West Berlin Will Not Give In, September 9, 1948
10. Mao Zedong Announces the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, October 1, 1949
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12. Douglas MacArthur Declares There Is No Substitute for Victory, April 16, 1951
13. Dwight Eisenhower Offers a Chance for Peace, April 16, 1953
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17. John F. Kennedy Declares, “Ich Bin Ein Berliner”, June 26, 1963
18. Charles de Gaulle Bids Au Revoir to NATO, February 21, 1966
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20. Richard Nixon Plans a Change in Cold War Tactics, July 25, 1969
21. Gerald Ford and the Height of Détente, August 1, 1975
22. Jimmy Carter Calls for a New Approach to the Cold War, May 22, 1977
23. Ronald Reagan and the Evil Empire, March 8, 1983
24.25. “You Cannot Imagine It Unless You’ve Been There”:
26. Reagan Calls for the End of the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987
27. Helmut Kohl Calls for a Reunited Germany, December 19, 1989
28. George H.W. Bush orders Chicken Kyiv, August 1, 1991
29. Boris Yeltsin Stands His Ground, August 19, 1991
30. Gorbachev Announces an End to the Twentieth Century, December 25, 1991