Answer the following question contains two parts. first answer part a, then part b. the cold war rivalry between the united states and the soviet union created conflicts which provided opportunities for intervention by both sides. alliances were formed that reflected the tensions between the two major superpowers. analyze the two excerpts below to determine which major superpowers benefited from each alliance. the two excerpts are pictured part a. state which alliance promoted goals and protection of the united states and which alliance promoted goals and protection of the soviet union. cute evidence from each primary source to support your answers. part b. summarize the purpose of each alliance. cute evidence from each primary source to support your answers.

Part 1.

The alliance that promotes goals and protection of the United States is the NATO. The purpose of the organisation is to 'safeguard the freedom...founded on the principles of democracy'. The spread of democracy in the world is one of the main goals of the United States in the world. 'To settle...any international dispute by peaceful means' and to 'seek and promote stability in the North Atlantic area' are means of U.S. protection of other nations in the world. NATO constitutes a system of collective defense in response to an attack by an external party.

The alliance that promoted the goals and protection of the Soviet Union was the Warsaw Pact.  The goals of the Warsaw Pact were to' consult with one another... a threat of an armed attack on one or more of the Parties to the Treaty'. In an event of an attack, each member of the treaty should 'should come to the assistance of the state or states attacked'. The reason for the Soviet Union to sign the Pact was to fight together with other satellite nations the spread of capitalism. The Soviet Union also wanted to maintain control over military forces in Eastern and Central Europe.

Part B.

The NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organisation )  is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North America and European countries. It was signed on April 4, 1949. The main goal of this organisation is mutual defense of each member state in the event of an attack by an enemy country. The purpose is also to 'safeguard the freedom' of other nations, to spread freedom ' founded on the principles of democracy' and to promote ' the stability and well being' in the world.

The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states. The treaty was signed in Warsaw in 1955 in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO. The purpose of the pact was to counterweight the NATO and to offer joint assistance to every member state in case of an foreign attack. The member countries should 'consult with one another on all important international issues', also consult 'the threat of an armed attack,' in order to 'ensure joint defense'.

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