People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Franklin D. Delano Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only four-term president, who carried America through depression and war and spent his last strength at Yalta
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1882–1945
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Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman
The 33rd president who framed the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1884–1972
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Two-time presidential nominee who pressed the Soviet Union over its missiles in Cuba at the UN Security Council
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1900–1965
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James Webb James Edwin Webb
The administrator who organized Apollo
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1906–1992
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Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
A Cold War president caught between reform and war
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1908–1973
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Robert McNamara Robert McNamara
The quantitative defense secretary who led the Vietnam War and helped prevent nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1916–2009
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John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy
The youngest U.S. president, who took the world to the brink of nuclear war and back
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1917–1963
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Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
The 39th U.S. president whose administration marked both the peak and the end of détente
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1924–2024
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Ted Sorensen Ted Sorensen
Kennedy's speechwriter whose pen chose 'quarantine' over airstrikes at the nuclear brink
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1928–2010