West Germany
West Germany joins NATO
As you remember (I'm sure), West Germany was made up of the molding together of the French, British and Us blocks. Since this mass of land was directly facing Communist Russia, it was only logical to include it into the policy of containment in the form of NATO.
Related: SALT II | Cuban Missile crises | Bay of Pigs | Sputnik | Warsaw Pact, CENTO | SEATO | McCarthism | Berlin Blockade, Marshall Plan | NATO | OAS, Truman Doctrine | Berlin wall

Arab states
CENTO
The CENtral Treaty Organization. This was yet another containment tool which united the Arab states with the USA.
Related: SALT II | Cuban Missile crises | Bay of Pigs | Sputnik | SEATO | McCarthism | Berlin Blockade, Marshall Plan | NATO | OAS, Truman Doctrine | Berlin wall

USSR
The Warsaw pact
The USSR's answer to containment. This pact said that if any member was threatened by outside pressures (capitalism), than the other nations would come to their aid.
Related: SALT II | Cuban Missile crises | Bay of Pigs | Sputnik | SEATO | McCarthism | Berlin Blockade, Marshall Plan | NATO | OAS, Truman Doctrine | Berlin wall

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