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Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur UN commander who conceived the Inchon landing and overruled the unanimous opposition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Military command · United States state institutions 1880–1964
John Foster Dulles John Foster Dulles An American diplomat who drove the Cold War through alliance-building Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1888–1959
Allen Dulles Allen Dulles The American intelligence official who institutionalized covert war Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1893–1969
John J. McCloy John Jay McCloy A pragmatic architect of the postwar U.S. international order Government and administration · United States state institutions 1895–1989
John Alexander McCone John Alexander McCone CIA director who alone warned that Soviet missiles were coming to Cuba Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1902–1991
Ronald Wilson Reagan Ronald Reagan The Cold War's last American president, who genuinely believed in nuclear abolition but would not yield on SDI Political and party leadership · United States state institutions 1911–2004
Richard Milhous Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon The Cold Warrior who opened détente with Moscow and Beijing, then became the only U.S. president to resign Government and administration · United States state institutions 1913–1994
Gerald Ford Gerald Ford The unelected president who steered détente into its final phase Government and administration · United States state institutions 1913–2006
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
McGeorge Bundy McGeorge Bundy The National Security Advisor who chose not to wake the president on the first night of the Cuban Missile Crisis Security, intelligence and policing · United States state institutions 1919–1996
George Pratt Shultz George Shultz The Secretary of State who pushed Reagan toward dialogue with Gorbachev and helped end the Cold War Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1920–2021
George H. W. Herbert Walker Bush George H. W. Bush The US president who declared the Cold War over with Gorbachev at Malta, yet whose caution nearly let history slip away Government and administration · United States state institutions 1924–2018
Brent Scowcroft Brent Scowcroft A cautious strategist at the Cold War's end Government and administration · United States state institutions 1925–2020
James Baker James Baker The pragmatic diplomat who engineered the Cold War's final transition Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1930–