Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I roto i ngā tau e 36, kāore te NATO me te Kawenata o Warsaw i whawhai tika ki a rāua anō i Ūropi; i whakatinanahia e te Hononga o Amerika me te Soviet Union me ō rātou hoa ā-rōpū ngā kaupapa rautaki e whai ana ki te aukati i a rāua anō i Ūropi, i a rāua e mahi ana, e whawhai ana hoki mō te mana i roto i te Pakanga Makariri whānui ake i runga i te atamira ao whānui. Kei roto i ēnei ko te Pakanga o Korea, te Pakanga o Vietnam, te whakaekenga o Bay of Pigs, te Pakanga Poke, te Pakanga o Vietnam
, me ētahi atu.