NATO vs Warsaw Pact

Hey everyone

I decided to change the coverage of my topics because I realised that some of the events were more important. I decided to do the following
-NATO and Warsaw Pact, Marshall Plan and Cominform
-Arms Race
-Space Race

Today, I will be posting about the NATO and Warsaw Pact

US - NATO - 1949

• It is - A military alliance of NON-COMMUNIST countries
• Objective - Defend each other in event of Soviet attack and PREVENT SOVIET EXPANSION
• Implications - US was expressing FEAR that the USSR cannot be stopped alone if it were to attack, and DISTRUST TOWARDS the USSR, as the objective of NATO is to provide reinforcements against a POSSIBLE USSR ATTACK. Although it was a defensive measure against the Soviets, it clearly SHOWED US's LACK OF TRUST IN USSR, thinking they may invade other countries to increase the reign of communism, CAUSING FRICTION between the 2 superpowers.
• Impact - USSR's formation of the WARSAW PACT to COUNTER NATO.

USSR - Warsaw Pact - 1955

• It was - A MILITARY ALLIANCE to COUNTERMEASURE against the US's NATO.
• Objective - To defend members if attacked, and to COUNTER the THREAT POSED BY NATO
• Implications - The USSR was NOT READY TO GIVE IN to the US and decided to aggravate the conflict between them and the US. It also shows that USSR was LOOKING TOO DEEP into the formation of the NATO. It is possible that USSR believe US WAS GOING to attack against USSR to PUSH BACK COMMUNISM, and thus tried to gather forces to fight back.
• Impact - More MISTRUST and DISTRUST between the 2 countries, AGGRAVATING their TENSIONS in the cold war.

Verdict - Judging by the implications, I believe the the US was more at fault in this event of the cold war development. I feel the US was being paranoid and did not look into the situation properly before acting. Because they refused to trust the USSR, they tried to keep them at bay instead, and posed a threat to them by forming the NATO. However, the USSR was partially at fault as well because they did not give in and also somewhat overreact and formed an alliance to countermeasure the US. If they were willing to back down, the cold war may never have aggravated and problems would reduce.

Thus I conlude, the US is more at fault for this period of events.

Winner is..............THE UNITED STATES

In the next post, I will post about the Marshal Plan and the Cominform. I will try to find pictures and videos to show details of the event better.

Hao