The world of Communism, chiefly embodied in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the world of non - Communist nations, led by the United States, stared at one another across an invisible Iron Curtain.
Austrumu bloka valstis Padomju Savienības vadībā un Rietumu bloka valstis ar ASV priekšgalā pastāvīgi kontrolēja cita citu caur neredzamo ” dzelzs priekškaru ”.