The Cold War had a pretty deep psychological effect all over. When I was growing up East vs. West was the fundamental political distinction. Check out this ma

The Cold War had a pretty deep psychological effect all over. When I was growing up East vs. West was the fundamental political distinction. Check out this map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NATO_vs._Warsaw_(1949-1990).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NATO_vs._Warsaw_(1949-199... The world was divided right down the to the physical Berlin Wall. It was so amazing when that finally fell.