The political reason was that the U.S would stop the spread of communism, this was known as The Truman Doctrine. Economic reason was the Marshall Plan this included capitalism, and private property. The Cultural reason is freedom vs no freedom. The soviets gave no freedom and told you whom you were going to be. The U.S had freedom, and they let you have the choice of what you were going to be.
Berlin was the first hotspot during the Cold War because it was an outpost in the democracy of Western Europe. The Berlin was virtually known as the trigger because it could’ve started war between capitalist and the communist countries. West Berlin was the blockade to starve West Berlin giving into the communist. Berlin was divided in four different