POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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These treaties established strong military alliances which intensified the Cold War.
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The Cold War deescalated because the Soviet Union was a member of these alliances.
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The purpose of these treaties was to improve trade relations between the countries and had no effect on the Cold War.
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The Cold War intensified because most Americans did not believe that NATO or the Warsaw Pact would be successful.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How was the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union impacted by the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact? These treaties established strong military alliances which intensified the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was called the Cold War because neither the Soviet Union nor the United States officially declared war on each other. However, both sides clearly struggled to prevent the other from spreading its economic and political systems around the globe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. Meanwhile, the USSR came to resent what they perceived as American officials’ bellicose rhetoric, arms buildup and interventionist approach to international relations.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Warsaw Pact embodied what was referred to as the Eastern bloc, while NATO and its member countries represented the Western bloc. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were ideologically opposed and, over time, built up their own defences starting an arms race that lasted throughout the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-5: -Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons.