The Begin Of The Cold War

The Starting Of The Cold War

Frist, what is cold war? A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II. (From Internet Dictionary)

So there was a cold war between USSR and USA, but later, it was a cold war between two totally different organizations, which is “NATO”(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Warsaw Pact or Warsaw Treaty.

 This is the flag of “NATO”. USA, England, Canada, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Portuguesa and Italia constituted NATO in 1949, April 4^th. 

This is the symbol of Warsaw Pact. USSR, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Eastern Germany constituted Warsaw Pact in 1955, May 14^th.

So the basic origin of cold war is after the WW2, Communism and capitalism contradict each other; Truman Doctrine is the begin of the cold war. The “Truman Doctrine” was a policy set forth by US president Harry S Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947.  

The main idea of “Truman Doctrine” is any communism country will be threat the capitalism country. We have responsibility to stop them threat us. So they decide to help Europe country and prevent revolution happen.