In the aftermath of World War II, the world was divided between two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. This division led to a Cold War that would last for over four decades.
At its core, the Cold War would be a battle of ideologies, a clash between two fundamentally different visions of how society should be organized, governed, and economically structured. On one side stood communism, a system that sought to eliminate social classes and promote collective ownership, as championed by the Soviet Union and its allies. On the other side was capitalism, a system that emphasized individual entrepreneurship and free markets, as embodied by the United States and the Western world.
But it was the decisions made by the leaders of these countries that ultimately led to the Cold War. Most of these choices were the result of what had happened during and immediately after the Second World War.
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