During the Cold War, countries had to correctly estimate each other's strengths and weaknesses. For the time period of the Cold War:
A. Describe one strength and one weakness of the Western democracies.
B. Describe one strength and one weakness of the Soviet Union and its satellites.
C. Explain one way the satellite nations were an asset to the Soviet Union and one way they were a liability.
Answer must be at least two paragraphs long for each section.