Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The Western alliance, headed by the US, represented the ideology of liberal democracy and capitalism.

Statement II: Eastern alliance was also headed by the US, eastern alliance was committed to the ideology of socialism and communism.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

The correct answer is Option (3) - Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

Statement II is incorrect as The Eastern alliance was headed by the Soviet Union, not the US.

The Cold War was not simply a matter of power rivalries, military alliances, and of the balance of power. These were accompanied by a real ideological conflict as well, a difference over the best and the most appropriate way of organising political, economic, and social life all over the world. The Western alliance, headed by the US, represented the ideology of liberal democracy and capitalism (Statement I).

The Eastern alliance, headed by the Soviet Union, was committed to the ideology of socialism and communism (Correct version of statement II). It triggered off an arms race which came to an end only after the disintegration of the USSR.