Mass of USA and USSR after the Second World War
Since the Second World War, the world entered a phase which is known to us as the Cold War; a State of non-physical war between USA and USSR for dominancy over the world. In the Cold War, “. ... Truman, clarifying his doctrine and the emerging of the Cold War. This meant a bipolar world was created with USA and USSR at the head of both ends, competing against each other with other nations following them. This clearly shows the world that the two most influential nations of the world was USA and USSR, and everybody had to follow one or the other. But before World War II, the most influential powers of the world were Britain and France still, but not with as much of a commanding authority as USA and USSR had during the Cold War. The impact of the USA and Russia/USSR on world affairs was greater after the Second World War than it was before the Second World War. Take a look at the following evaluations of the reasons why USA and USSR had less influence on the globe before the Second World War. The USA had limited influence on the world mostly because of its isolationist policy after the First World War. Despite the fact that it was Woodrow Wilson, the US President, who proposed a body of collective security, the LON, it was USA that never signed the Treaty of Versailles and join the LON. The lack of USA in the LON not only limited LON’s ability to intervene, but also USA’s reach to the rest of the world.