Western Society and Eastern Europe in the Decades of the Cold WarWestern and eastern Europe in 1945 had to face a damaged economy, social disorganization, and weakened empires. The United States and the Soviet Union became superpowers; western Europe did not recover its past dominance. The cold war shaped, but did not monopolize, developments during the postwar years. The West experienced significant economic, social, and political achievements. The Soviet Union moved from Stalinism to more closely resemble the West.
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