Describe the growth of military alliance …

1. Both the powers became reluctant to initiate war to protect world from large scale destruction as they were aware that no political gains would justify the distruction of their societies. 2. The greed of expansion of their spheres of influence divided the world into alliances. The usa built western alliances which formalised into three organisation namely:1 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ( N A T O) 2. South East Asian Treaty Organisation( S E A T O) 3 Central Treaty Organisation( C E N T O) 3 The soviet union created eastern alliances known as the warsaw pact and its principal function was to counter N A T O forces in europe. 4. Smaller states joined either of the alliances to get the promise of protection,weapons and economic aid against their local rivals. 5. Superpowers required them to gain access to vital resources,military base to launch weapns and also troops,to spy on each other and economic support.