The US was part of NATO, the Soviets were WARSAW PACT.
NATO
After WW II, in the era of the Cold War, the defensive military alliance was (and remains) NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO - the greatest influence in this alliance was the US. Most of West Europe was in NATO Warsaw Pact - led by the USSR. Most of east Europe was in this alliance.
The primary U.S. alliance during the Cold War was NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, established in 1949. NATO was formed to provide collective security against the Soviet Union and its allies. The alliance included several Western European nations, Canada, and the United States, aiming to counter the spread of communism and promote mutual defense.
During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in the latter part of the Cold War, bin Laden was (amazingly enough) an ally of the US, and received US military aid to help him oppose the Soviet invasion.
Nato
NATO
Part of the cold war.
Part of the cold war.
After WW II, in the era of the Cold War, the defensive military alliance was (and remains) NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO - the greatest influence in this alliance was the US. Most of West Europe was in NATO Warsaw Pact - led by the USSR. Most of east Europe was in this alliance.
Part of the cold war.
No countries really 'entered' the Cold war, this was not an official 'declared' war. It was so called because of the opposing ideology of the Soviet system and the democratic western countries who made up the NATO Alliance. France was part of NATO until 1966 and then left.
It should have been, but it was not.The Cold War started soon after WW2.
To fight communism; part of the cold war.
During the Cold War era, the only US objective in southeast Asia was to prevent nations from becoming communist. It was felt at the time (incorrectly) that all communist nations were necessarily part of a global, anti-American alliance.
The primary U.S. alliance during the Cold War was NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, established in 1949. NATO was formed to provide collective security against the Soviet Union and its allies. The alliance included several Western European nations, Canada, and the United States, aiming to counter the spread of communism and promote mutual defense.