Setting the stage for the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union.

• Post-World War II, global power shifted to the US and the Soviet Union, engaging in a Cold War that lasted over forty years.
• Cold War defined as a state of hostility between two countries without open warfare.
• The US and the Soviet Union engaged in indirect conflicts and competitions, which will be explored in the video.

The US and Soviet Union had fundamental differences in their economic and governmental systems.

• The US was a capitalist economy with private ownership of capital goods and individual economic decisions based on self-interest.
• The Soviet Union practiced communism with government ownership of capital goods and distribution to the people.
• These differences extended to their respective democratic and authoritarian styles of government.

The Cold War was driven by both nations' desire to spread their ideologies globally.

• Capitalism and communism both contained the impulse to spread beyond their borders.
• The US aimed for a democratic world, while the Soviet Union sought a communist world.

The US and Soviet Union established economic dependencies and the US introduced containment policies.

• The Soviet Union created the Soviet Bloc, making Eastern European countries economically dependent on it.
• The US introduced the Marshall Plan to aid Western European countries to prevent them from turning to communism.
• Containment and the Truman Doctrine were US policies aimed at preventing the spread of communism.

The US and Soviet Union engaged in arms and space races as part of their Cold War conflict.

• The arms race involved developing increasingly destructive nuclear weapons, with the understanding of mutual assured destruction preventing their use.
• The space race led to milestones such as the Soviet's Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, and the American moon landing.

The Non-Aligned Movement represented countries that chose not to side with either superpower.

• Formed by newly independent Asian and African nations, the movement distanced itself from the US-Soviet conflict.
• Focused on an alternative path for social, political, and economic development for its member nations.
• Notable leaders included Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Sukarno of Indonesia, who played significant roles in the movement's establishment.

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