Polarization Of The Cold War

The relationship that existed between the West (USA and its allies) and the East (former Soviet Union) was known as the East-West polarization. After World War II the Soviet Union and the USA emerged as superpowers that had different ideologies and global interests. USA had a say in Western Europe’s security and the Soviet Union had an influence over the Eastern bloc countries. Despite this, there was a lot of discontent from Eastern Europe, which lead to the break between Stalin and Yugoslav in 1948. Both the USA and the former Soviet Union have nuclear capabilities. The split in world politics became visible in alliance systems of WARSAW PACT and NATO. The period that came about as a result of mutual distrust and rivalry, which came with ideological differences, military threats, the buildup of arms and occasional misunderstandings became known as the cold war.

Both sides built their nuclear arsenals and tried to have their sphere of influence in the world that was developing. The polarization of the first period of the Cold War was reduced when there was a split in the communist regimes of the Soviet Union and China as well as the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement that tried to be free from the influence of both the East and the West. There were improved relations in the 1970’s but then …show more content…
During the cold war, Russia requested a financial compensation regarding the reconstruction following the warfare. However, the government of the United States overlooked the request along with the cutback of the Land-Lease when president Truman ordered it on May 11th, 1945.Another indication of the massive tension between the East and the West can been found in Churchill’s speech “ iron curtain “ in 1946 as many scholars consider it as the actual cause that inflamed the cold war conflict. This created bad blood between the two sides since none of them were willing to help each