Political cartoon, March 3, 2005
Vice-President Richard Nixon explains the Domino Theory
(1950s)
Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), with his list of
Communist subversives
Crossing the 38th Parallel, 1950
North Korean prisoners captured as Marines move
into Seoul, September 27, 1950
North Korean tank burning in Pyongyang, October 19,
1950
Presidential campaign poster, 1952
Nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and U.S.S.R., 1945-1995
H-Bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1954