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the effect of the cold war on third world countries

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In what ways did the Cold War affect international relations between 1945 and 1990?
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Content: Thus, the Cold War become global and directly affected international stability (Murphy, 2003). In addition, both superpowers resorted to confrontation and propaganda and this, in turn, was played out in the rest of the world. The Cold War led the division of Europe in general and Germany, in particular, it also as pointed out by Cornwell (2001) made possible the modernization and “reintegration” of the defeated powers of Germany, Italy and Japan (Cornwell, 2003). Its impact was felt especially in Africa and as stated by Painter ( 2001) made possible the emergence and creation of new nation-states, as the colonial masters were no longer able to sustain those colonies. The Cold War considerably affected Europe where it originated as well as internationally. It led the Berlin Blockade, created the divisions of Vietnam and Korea, resulted in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 which furthers exacerbated the relationship of the West and the Soviet Union. It further exacerbated and fuelled other conflicts and wars in the Middle East (Painter, 2001). Another aspect of Cold War that had an impact on international relations was protecting sphere of interest by both sides “truly at global level” for example 1956 Hungarian uprising and the subsequent intervention by the Soviet troops, because the soviet did not like the Hungarian’s intention to leave the Warsaw Pact, (Bell, 2001). Similarly, the USA was also maintaining a sphere of interest in other parts of the world, especially in Latin America. During the Cold War, fear of the spread of communism had resulted in US military involvement in Latin America in various ways, for example, the US helped train and provided arms and other assistance to anti-communist in Nicaragua and El-Salvador and by using force to further safeguard its interest in the region.