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Ingram_Cai_Cold War - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The USSR feared that their satellite states in Eastern Europe would be influenced by the US and eventually turn on the USSR, so they controlled basically every aspect of government. The US did the same, with countries in Latin America.
    - - Rivalries in Asia and Europe
    - - Ideology was what determined the rivalry between the US and USSR; The two states were polar opposites, one being a socialist state with no democracy, the other being a capitalist state with elections. States with similar ideologies to either state were usually brought into their sphere of influence (Such as Western Europe with the US).
    - - The role of the US was that it was the dominant force in the West, and it gained control by influencing countries around it with promises of money if they adopted capitalism. The USSR's role was that it was the dominant force in the East, controlling much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The USSR-Chinese alliance also helped establish a foothold in East Asia.
  - - - An idea similar to the US's idea of containment. It is the idea that the USSR can co-exist with the capitalists and the US peacefully without starting a conflict.
    - - Although the USSR and Communist China were close allies for a while since they were both socialist, the Sino-Soviet Split occurred, ending relations between the two states. For the US, China used to be a partial ally, however since the cold war, relations have been souring, up to this date. China and the US competed for control over the Pacific.
    - - This is an idea from the US, that if communism is contained, it will eventually die out. It was a strategy used throughout the Cold War to prevent the Soviet Union from spreading its influence in cases such as the Vietnamese and Korean civil wars.