The Cold War Era
FACTS THAT MATTER
1. Cuban Missile Crisis made whole world nervous by creating
clashes between the two superpowers, the US and Soviet Union
namely Cold War.
2. Cold War referred to competitions, tensions and series of
confrontations between the US and USSR.
3. In 1945, with the end of Second World War, Cold War began
when the US dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
diplomatic manner to warn Soviet Union.
4. Both the powers became reluctant to initiate war to protect
world from large scale destruction as they were a.vare that it will
not lead only political aim to them.
5. The greed of expansion of their spheres of influence divided the
world into alliances. The
US built NATO, South East Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) and
Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO).
6. The Soviet UnrIri created Eastern alliance known as WARSAW
PACT.
7. Smaller states „Maine either the alliance to get the promise of
protection, weapons and economic aid against their local rivals.
8. Superpower required them to gain on access to vital resources,
territory to launch weapons and troops, to spy on each other and
economic support.
9. Despite of occurring crisis in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan,
both the superpowers behaved rationally and responsibly.
10. Both the superpowers maintained ‘arms control’ by signing
various treaties as Limited Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Non-
proliferation Treaty and Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
11. Countries outside the two blocs known as NAM (Non-Aligned
Movement), joined by decolonised countries of Asia, Africa, and
Latin America, played a crucial role in reducing cold war conflicts
FACTS THAT MATTER
1. Cuban Missile Crisis made whole world nervous by creating
clashes between the two superpowers, the US and Soviet Union
namely Cold War.
2. Cold War referred to competitions, tensions and series of
confrontations between the US and USSR.
3. In 1945, with the end of Second World War, Cold War began
when the US dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
diplomatic manner to warn Soviet Union.
4. Both the powers became reluctant to initiate war to protect
world from large scale destruction as they were a.vare that it will
not lead only political aim to them.
5. The greed of expansion of their spheres of influence divided the
world into alliances. The
US built NATO, South East Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) and
Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO).
6. The Soviet UnrIri created Eastern alliance known as WARSAW
PACT.
7. Smaller states „Maine either the alliance to get the promise of
protection, weapons and economic aid against their local rivals.
8. Superpower required them to gain on access to vital resources,
territory to launch weapons and troops, to spy on each other and
economic support.
9. Despite of occurring crisis in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan,
both the superpowers behaved rationally and responsibly.
10. Both the superpowers maintained ‘arms control’ by signing
various treaties as Limited Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Non-
proliferation Treaty and Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
11. Countries outside the two blocs known as NAM (Non-Aligned
Movement), joined by decolonised countries of Asia, Africa, and
Latin America, played a crucial role in reducing cold war conflicts
