HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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United States.
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Brazil.
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Soviet Union.
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Balkan countries.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Solution. The Western Alliance was headed by the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was an association of twelve states. All these states belonged to western Europe. Therefore this association was also called Western Alliance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Western alliance was the alliance formed by United States during the cold war era, it was known as the western alliance because western countries of Europe were a part of it. They also formed themselves into an organisation that was known as NATO in 1945.
Detailed explanation-4: -Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe. NATO’s fundamental goal is to safeguard the Allies’ freedom and security by political and military means.