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The emergence of the two superpowers (USA and USSR) - Coggle Diagram
The emergence of the two superpowers (USA and USSR)
Military Reasons
in 1945 the USA emerged with the biggest air force
It had nuclear weapons
The USSR had the largest land-force power
Economic Reasons
It's economy have been strengthened by the WWII
agricultural and industrial output increased
it could pay for Webstern Europ's post-war reconstruction
The USSR's economy was badly damage
agricultural land was left to waste
transport links and housing were destoyed
was able to influence the economies of Eastern Europe
Ideological Reasons
for theUSA
Liberal capitalist democracy--won WWII
American-style liberal democracy the political instability in the West
for the USSR
communism won WWII
fill the political vacuum in the East
USA
USSR