Post-Cold War Conflicts & Crises

Post-Cold War Conflicts & Crises

Related Wars and Disasters

Examining the major military interventions, foreign policy crises, and domestic disasters that shaped the United States during the post-Cold War era and globalization. This covers US involvement in the Balkans conflicts, the Gulf War, humanitarian missions, and critical security challenges that redefined national defense strategy, international alliances, and geopolitical stability from the 1990s onward.

Timeline

Element
Year Age
1939
World War II (Period: 1939–1945)
World War II and the Pacific War (Period: 1942–1945))
1947
Cold War (Period: Around 1947–1991)
1950
Korean War (Period: 1950–1953)
1955
Vietnam War (Period: 1960s–1973))
Vietnam War and the Issue of American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (Period: 1955–1975 (Perot's Support Activities Began in 1969))
Vietnam War and the Issue of American Prisoners of War and Missing Servicemen (Period: 1955–1975 (Perot's Support Activities Began in 1969))
1964
Gulf of Tonkin Incident (Period: August 2–4, 1964)
1965
Shot Down over North Vietnam and Imprisonment (Period: September 9, 1965–February 12, 1973)
1979
Iran Hostage Crisis (Period: 1979–1981)
1980
Sudanese Coup d'état (Period: Early 1980s (Exact Date Unknown))
1986
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Period: Diagnosed in 1983, Bone Marrow Transplant in 1986)
1989
Invasion of Panama (Operation Just Cause, Period: December 20, 1989–January 1990)
1990
Persian Gulf War (Period: 1990–1991)
Gulf War (Period: August 1990–February 1991)
1991
Post-Gulf War Health Problems among Veterans (Period: Since 1991)
1992
Bosnian War (Period: 1992–1995)
Hurricane Andrew (Period: August 1992)
1993
Post-Gulf War Iraq Crisis (Period: 1993–2001)
1994
Rwandan Genocide (Period: April–July 1994)
1998
Kosovo War (Period: 1998–1999)
1998 United States Embassy Bombings (Period: August 7, 1998)
Iraq Crisis and Operation Desert Fox (Period: December 1998)
2004
Indian Ocean Tsunami (Period: December 26, 2004)
South Asian Tsunami (Period: December 26, 2004)
2005
Hurricane Katrina (Period: August 2005)
2010
Haiti earthquake (Period: January 12, 2010)
2020
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19, Period: 2020)
Unknown
Global Warming and Climate Change (Period: Late 20th Century–Present)

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