Question
Read carefully the passage given below and answer the following questions:
The Cold War was not simply a matter of power rivalries, military alliances and of balance of power. These were accompanied by a real ideological conflict as well, a difference over the best and most appropriate way of organising political, economic, and social life all over the world.
The Cold War was not simply a matter of power rivalries, military alliances and of balance of power. These were accompanied by a real ideological conflict as well, a difference over the best and most appropriate way of organising political, economic, and social life all over the world.
- Why is a war-like situation called Cold War?
- Identify one military pact each signed by each of the two super powers to balance the power rivalries.
- Differentiate between the ideologies represented by the rival blocs.