Were the Superpowers During the Cold War?

The Cold War saw the two superpowers – the USA and the Soviet Union – divide the world into spheres of influence and power blocs.

Why were the superpowers called superpowers during the Cold War?

Fox used the word superpower to identify a new category of power able to occupy the highest status in a world in which—as the war then raging demonstrated—states could challenge and fight each other on a global scale.

Which countries were the leading superpowers during the Cold War?

In looking at the nature and exercising of international power in the Cold War period from 1945 to 1989, this chapter will focus principally on the class of power which the United States and the Soviet Union became. The label most often attached to these two states was 'superpower'.