Western Bloc
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Political situation in Europe during the Cold War
The Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to the countries allied with the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc. The governments and press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the "Free World" or the "Western world", whereas the Eastern Bloc was often called the "Communist world".
During the Cold War the non-Communist countries in Europe were called "Western Europe", but within the framework of the modern times it is a purely geographical term.[citation needed]
Contents
Western Bloc associations
NATO
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
West Germany (from 1955)
Greece (from 1952)
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain (from 1982)
Turkey (from 1952)
United Kingdom
United States
ANZUS
SEATO
Australia- France (until 1965)
New Zealand
Pakistan (until 1972)
Philippines
Thailand- United Kingdom
- United States
EU
- United Kingdom
- Belgium
- France
- West Germany
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Denmark
Ireland- Greece
- Portugal
- Spain
Also Associated
Imperial State of Iran (until 1979)
See also
- Allied powers
- Axis powers
- Eastern Bloc
- First World
- Second World
- Third World
- Operation Condor
- Western betrayal
- Western world
References
Sources
- Matloff, Maurice. Makers of Modern Strategy. Ed. Peter Paret. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1971. 702.
- Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. 447,454.
