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Section I — The Cold War and National Armament

Chapter 1:
The Cold War (1945—62) (continued)
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
Plate 1. The Big Three Conference at Yalta, 12 February 1945, from left to right: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin (AP/Wide World Photos)

Churchill, Truman, Stalin
Plate 2. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, United States President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meeting at the Potsdam Conference, August 1945 (AP/World Wide Photos)

Sputnik
Plate 3. First official picture of the Soviet satellite Sputnik I, issued on 9 October 1957, showing the four-antennaed baby moon resting on a three-legged pedestal (AP/World Wide Photos)

Kennedy, McNamara, Power, Estes, Jr.
Plate 4. President Kennedy (center) with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (far left), SAC Commander General Thomas S. Power (right), and Lt. General Howell M. Estes, Jr. (right background) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, March 1962 (Courtesy U.S. Air Force, History Division)
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