These two nations had completely opposite ideologies from the economic system to the political system. ... The German war machine kept this alliance at bay only for so long before the two nations destroyed Berlin. ... The Soviets changed their political system to that of their bitter rival for decades. ...
Nation-states, city-states, empires and Kingdoms have interacted with each other in a similar way since the end of the thirty years war. An example could be China, Africa, India, and Ancient Greece; they got involved in economic relations, established embassies and helped each other or fought in war...
However, such subject matter was undoubtedly heavily influenced by Cold War politics. ... Such Science Fiction films reflected upon the threatening political powers that surrounded America at the time (the aliens were perhaps a metaphor for Communism). ... Similarly James Cameron's "The Terminator" tells the story of the imminent Judgment day, when mans own creation (the machine) will turn against him and destroy mankind. ...
The United States continued landing men on the moon, as popularity for NASA and the America's military machine slowly started to plateau and eventually began to die. ... Although the initial affect of the moon landing in respect to military and political tension indeed seemed good, ultimately the American moon landing simply fueled the flames of the growing cold war. ... Recently America's motives for the 1960's moon expeditions have been identified as solely political. Science was less a priority as compared with international politics, but Johnson in the end used this for t...
Western European countries agreed to receive the aid of America, so American government provided them not cash but credit to purchase commodities, equipment, and machine tools in the United States. ... Owing to this civil war, Greece got severe damage in economy and politics until 1970's. ...
After World War II many Third World countries in Latin America seemed to have some interest in the political system of the Soviets. ... The U.S. provided the Salvadoran Army with helicopters, armored vehicles and machine guns. ...
