Western Bloc

Political situation in Europe during the Cold War
The Western Bloc or Capitalist Bloc during the Cold War refers to the countries allied with the NATO against the Soviet Union and its allies. The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc, a more common term in English than Western Bloc. The governments and press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the Free World or the Western world. Western Europe is a controversial term used to refer to democratic countries in Europe during the Cold War, but the concept is sometimes still used for quick reference by the media.
Countries in the Western Bloc
NATO
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
West Germany
Greece
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain (from 1982)
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
ASiAN
Other
Other countries that were backed, affiliated, supported or allied by Western powers:
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Republic of China
Dominican Republic
Iran (until 1979)
Israel
Japan
Kenya
Khmer Republic (1970-1975)
South Korea (during the Korean War)
Laos (until 1975)
Mexico
New Zealand
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Vietnam (during the Vietnam War)
North Yemen
Zaire
See also
- Allied powers
- Axis powers
- Eastern Bloc
- First World
- Second World
- Third World
- Operation Condor
- Western betrayal
- Western world
References
Sources
- http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/history20/unit4/sec2_03.html
- Matloff, Maurice. Makers of Modern Strategy. Ed. Peter Paret. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1971. 702.
- Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. 447,454.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.