Western Bloc

The "three worlds" of the Cold War era, between April — August 1975.

  1^st World: Western Bloc led by the USA and its allies.

  2^nd World: Eastern Bloc led by the USSR, China, and their allies.

  3^rd World: Non-Aligned and neutral countries.

Political situation in Europe during the Cold War

The Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to capitalist countries under the hegemony of 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 or Second world".

Western Bloc associations

 NATO

•  Belgium
•  Canada
•  Denmark
•  France
•  Germany (from 1990)
  •  West Germany (1955-1990)
•  Greece (from 1952)
•  Iceland
•  Italy
•  Luxembourg
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Portugal
•  Spain (from 1982)
•  Turkey (from 1952)
•  United Kingdom
•  United States

ANZUS

•  Australia
•  New Zealand
•  United States

SEATO

Map of SEATO members in 1959, shown in blue

•  Australia
•  France (until 1965)
•  New Zealand
•  Pakistan (until 1972)
•  Philippines
•  Thailand
•  South Vietnam (until 1975)
•  United Kingdom
•  United States

See also

• Allies
• Axis powers
• Eastern Bloc
• Free world
• 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.
• Lewkowicz, Nicolas. The United States, the Soviet Union and the Geopolitical Implications of the Origins of the Cold War New York and London: Anthem Press, 2018.