THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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communism and socialism
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democracy and capitalism
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democracy and communism
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socialism and capitalism
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Detailed explanation-1: -The western alliance, headed by the US, represented the ideology of liberal democracy and capitalism while the eastern alliance, headed by the Soviet Union, was committed to the ideology of socialism and communism.
Detailed explanation-2: -The aftermath of World War Two shifted the global balance of power and created a bi-polar world led by two competing superpowers: The United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). We call this global competition the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union was a communist country. Communism is an economic system where most property belongs to the government. The United States had a capitalist economy, where property usually belongs to individuals. The United States and the Soviet Union competed for world power.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Cold War was an ideological conflict between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, and their respective allies.