Cold War Western bloc

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Cold War alliance geopolitical bloc political and military alliance system

The Cold War Western bloc was the U.S.-led alliance of capitalist democracies that coordinated politically, militarily, and economically against the Soviet-led Eastern bloc during the Cold War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cold War (as a pro-Western state) 1
Western alliance against the Soviet Union 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War alliance ⓘ
geopolitical bloc ⓘ
political and military alliance system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Free World NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S.-led Western alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictContext Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreOrganization European Communities NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Atlantic Treaty Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedWith dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
economicInstrument Bretton Woods system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marshall Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicSystem market economy ⓘ
endTime circa 1991 ⓘ
foreignPolicyGoal containment of Soviet influence ⓘ
defense of Western Europe ⓘ
promotion of capitalism ⓘ
geographicScope North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of East Asia ⓘ
hasLeader United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
NATO member states ⓘ
Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
influencedBy NATO treaty of 1949 ⓘ
Truman Doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo Cold War Eastern bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warsaw Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem multi-party democracy ⓘ
securityDoctrine containment ⓘ
mutually assured destruction ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
startTime circa 1947 ⓘ
supportedSideInConflict South Korea in the Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Vietnam in the Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInstrument covert operations ⓘ
economic aid ⓘ
military alliances ⓘ
propaganda campaigns ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western governments → historicallyEmergedFrom → Cold War Western bloc ⓘ
Imperial State of Iran → participatedIn → Cold War Western bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cold War (as a pro-Western state)
U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter → supported → Cold War Western bloc ⓘ
subject surface form: Christian A. Herter
this entity surface form: Western alliance against the Soviet Union