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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treat Organization. It was created during the Cold war in which initially took place in Eastern Europe. The war was The United States against the Soviet over the land in Europe. NATO was created in order to bring the U.S and West Europe countries together in order to defend themselves form the Soviet Union. America would now be allied with the Western part of Europe.

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U.S companies had dominated the weak and corrupt Cuban government. Fidel Castro led a successful insurrection that changes Cuba to a Marxist socialist state. Castro was captured when defeated by the Cuban army but later escaped to make social and economic reforms in Cuba. Castro and his government had established a communist Cuba with improved wages, education, and general improves in living standards.

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North Korea invades South Korea (1950-1953)

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North Korea invades South Korea (1950-1953)

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The influence of communism in Asia lead to an extension of the cold war called "hot wars." This includes the war between South and North Korea. This invasion ended up effecting not only Korea, but America and China for 3 years. In the end the peninsula of Korea was still divided.

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Similar to NATO the Soviet made the Warsaw Pact. It joined the Soviet and East European communist countries in an alliance. It was created in order to counter NATO and prevent Western influence in the eastern communist part of Europe. This created a divide between the Eastern and the Western Europe.

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American hostility prompted Nikita Khrushchev, a soviet leader, to make the decision to secretly bomb Cuba as a way to delay U.S action against them. Later it was decided to make a compromise to disengage and not invade each other as the U.S and Soviet did not was a nuclear war. This set the tone on how dangerous nuclear warfare actually is, and the race to create these nuclear weapons for propaganda.

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By the 1965 it was known that America and The Soviet were superpowers. But this still didn't allow them to take full control of their allies. In this case Indonesian was aided by the Soviet and Western Europe. However this did not stop them from killing half million suspected communist and destroying the communist party in Indonesian.

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The Americas refused to help Egypt build the Aswan Dam in the 1950 in which they developed a relation ship with the Soviet Union. However in 1972 Egypt and the Soviet Union had disagreements win which Egypt expelled 21,000 Soviet advisers. Later they realized that they aligned more with the U.S .This shows that newly independent states were greatly influence to one of these superpower nations or attempt to be an independent state.

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In 1978 a Marxist party had taken control in Afghanistan's. Soviet leaders pushed communist ideals and attempted to liberate Afghan women. This would lead to oppositions movements and a decade long war. The with the Afghans aided by the U.S, the Soviets realized that this war wasn't one they could win and retreated. This showed that even these superpower nations had limits.

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By 1960 China had their own developed military as the Soviets called off their agreement to help with nuclear weapons. China in 1979 ended up going to war with Vietnam as the Vietnamese invaded Khmer Rouge. Not only that China and Soviet Union were is disagreement with ideologies and territory disputes around this time which almost lead to war. With the fear of the Soviets, China and and North Vietnam retreated. Overall Nationalism was more powerful than communist solidarity.

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The Soviet Afghanistan War was fought between Afghanistan rebels called the Mujahideen. This war was during the time where communist ideals had become controversial due to Stalin's crimes. Protests against communist ideals began in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. The Soviets invaded in attempt to take political control of Kabul and large portions of Afghanistan. The war lasted 9 years and the the Afghans had won with the help of the U.S.
The U.S had aided Afghanistan as a way to prevent the spread of communist ideals. This shows the impact these superpower had on the decolonized nations and the ideals of capitalism vs communism.