After World War II, the United States and the USSR came out as the world's major powers. The war caused many nations to become politically and economically unstable, such as Europe and Asia. "The Second World War had a deeply unsettling effect on the international system" (Norton, Mary Beth. Chapter 24: The Cold War and American Globalism 1945-1961. In A People & A Nation, p. 718). The two superpowers had very different views on how to fix the global economy and soon became a competition on spheres of influence and world power. They both believed that their economic and political systems were superior to the other and viewed every worldly event as a confrontation that would determine whether Communism or Capitalism would become the ideal view
