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Both the west and the east competed for influence in the western European nations,
西方和東方都在競爭其對于歐洲國家的影響
in 1948 the US introduced the Marshall Plan which provided generous financial credits to European countries
1948年美國推出了馬歇爾計劃向歐洲國家提供了慷慨的金融貸款
which were in turn used to buy goods from the United States.
而這些錢反過來也用于從美國購買商品
This was a virtual win-win situation, the western European economies rebounded rapidly
這確實是個雙贏的處境：西歐經濟快速復興
which ensured political stability and won the United States a great deal of goodwill.
這就確保了政治的穩定，還為美國贏得了很多的友誼和信譽
The soviets too spent lavishly on bankrolling the western communist parties, especially in Italy and France.
蘇聯也毫不吝惜的花銷資助西方國家的共產黨，尤其是意大利和法國
Yet the soviets who insisted on micromanaging the worlds communist parties
然而執意要掌控世界各個共產主義政黨的蘇聯人
found it was tougher to impose Moscow's will on free westerners than it was on eastern European subjects.
發現要強迫崇尚自由的西方人接受莫斯科的意志要比東歐的臣服者難得多
In 1949 the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO came into being, joining the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Italy and other countries
1949年北大西洋公約組織（NATO）成立，加入的國家有美國加拿大，英國，法國，意大利和其他一些國家
to defend against attack from an unnamed nation which was undoubtedly the Soviet Union.
防御來自某國的進攻，而這某國無疑是在指蘇聯
To counter NATO the Soviet Union created in 1955 the Warsaw Pact
為了對抗北約，蘇聯在1955年創立了華沙公約組織
which ratified an already assumed commitment to defend its client states from any attack.
認可了其本就已經承當的保衛其附庸國不受攻擊的使命
