Russia, as a communist state, wanted to spread communism. This is seen through Document 6, where Stalin is portrayed as asking the question: Who should be released from freedom next? In other words, to whom should the Russians liberate democracy or spread communism? America believed that a communist world was dangerous and therefore was an obstacle in the Soviet Union's path to the spread of communism. Just as the Soviets wanted to spread communism, the United States wanted to contain it. Document 4 effectively describes this policy. The Document is the speech in which President Truman explains the Truman Doctrine in which the United States must protect any nation that fights communist pressures. The discourse divides the world into communist and democratic camps, intensifying nations' thirst for more power and stifling each other's power. In Document 3, Kennan states that the only way to influence the Soviet Union is through force. One way this force took shape was through international organizations. The world's democracies, fearful of the spread of communism, created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Those who made up the organization were expected to help each other if attacked. This way, they could fight the spread of communism by force and, in turn, influence the Soviets. The United States, as part of NATO, was now taking measures directed against the Soviet Union, and thus towards the Cold War. To counter NATO, the communists formed the Warsaw Pact. This served the same purpose as NATO, and therefore was also a step towards the Cold War. The different beliefs of the Soviet Union and the United States incited the cold