Containment, alliances and divided Europe

What this note covers

1. Containment was a strategy with varied instruments
2. NATO formalised a Western security commitment
3. The Warsaw Pact and coercive alliance relationships
4. Divided Germany embodied competing systems
5. Challenges within the Eastern bloc
6. Alliance systems changed the risks of confrontation

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