Cold War dinner table

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mao Zedong

Nikita Khrushchev

John F. Kennedy

Fidel Castro

Lyndon B. Johnson

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong was the leader of communist party in China during 1927-1976. Before 1949 China was never introduced into communism. When Mao Zedong came into leadership he turned China into a communist country. Because of this China and the Soviet Union became allies. When Korea was being divided by the 38th parallel Mao Zedong was of assistance in North Korea and helped Soviet leaders to expand communism globally.

Zedong

Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet statesman and a Communist. Gorbachev foreign policy brought an end to the cold war during his leadership and he introduced many major reforms.Gorbachev made several attempts to end the Cold War as well as improved the relations between and improve relations with the west. For example President Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev met and signed the INF treaty that limited the use of nuclear weapons. Gorbachev also removed Soviet troops from Afghanistan and many other soviet rued countries. Not only did he remove troops from soviet ruled countries he also stopped soviet countries.from invading countries in Eastern Europe. This changed the world because there was no more fear of communism and those former countries that were ruled by communist could quickly get out of communist ruled.

Nikita Khrushchev

Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev was a Soviet Statesman who led Soviet Russia during the cold war. Khrushchev played a huge role during the cold war. He signed the Warsaw Pact which served as a buffer zone from the West. Khrushchev also was friends with Fidel Castro who was the leader of Cuba during the cold war. Khrushchev played a big role in the Cuban missile crisis. He placed nuclear weapons in Cuba to keep the US out of Cuba. He also sent the first satellite called Sputnik into outer space during the arms race between the US and Russia. Nikita Khrushchev was stubborn and unconventional but he brought a multitude of success to Russia during his leadership.

Lyndon B. Johnson

LBJ

Lyndon B. Johnson was the 37th president of The United States. He was responsible for escalating US involvement in the Vietnam War. He sent over 500,000 troops to fight the spread of communism. The Tet offensive also took place when LBJ was present this was fighting and killing of many innocent vietnamese people. After the Tet Offensive Americans started to protest against the Vietnam War and found it pointless.He was sworn into presidency after John F. Kennedy was assassinated and he resigned because of all the criticism of his policy's from the Vietnam war. He tried to stop the spread of communism which he referred to as the containment policy.

John F. Kennedy

JFK

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States and was President during the cold war and He also played a part during the superpower rivalry and the Cuban missile crisis. JFK was the one who gave a public statement on TV about the crisis and he allowed Khrushchev to withdraw the missile from Cuba. During his term as President the building of the Berlin wall and events during the space race that increased defense spending in America. Before his assassination he also was alive to see the beginning of the Vietnam War.

Fidel Castro

Castro

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew the corrupt regime of the dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 . He was a communist and a an ally of Soviet Russia. Khrushchev and Castro placed missiles in Cuba as a scare tactic for the United States. Castro lived 90 years and died in 2016 4 years ago.

Regret List

1. Henry Kissinger- He cant come due to the fact that he didn't really play an important part or make an impact on the cold war.

2. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg- They will not be attending because it might cause tensions between the other guests. They were suspected of being communist spies and were charged with crimes. We believe its best to not invite them because we don't want any tension.

Mao and Gorbachev

Mao and Gorbachev

So both Mao & Gorbachev are prominent leaders who brought communism to their countries , they both have similar beliefs so we feel putting them next to each other would be good because they share the same moral beliefs . Also, if there is a debate on the table they could back each other up .

Menu

For our menu we decided to do a fusion of American , Chinese , and Russian Cusine.

Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy

Everyone is sat in the dining area. Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy are seated next to each other and begin engaging in conversation.

Script 1

John : "The way you handled the Vietnam War was very inspiring. I know you get a lot of criticism but I think you achieved a lot. "

Lyndon: "Thank you , you know especially after the Tet offensive I gained so much criticism I couldn't take it I had to resign for my well being."

John:" I completely understand I think people don't realize how hard it is to be President.

Lyndon: Exactly its a lot of pressure on a daily basis!"

John: "Well you achieved a lot and contained communism in South Vietnam so don't worry about the critics. You did what had to be done."

Lyndon: "Thank you. "