Free world
The term Free World may refer to:
- the Allies of World War II; see also Free World (World War II).
- the magazine "Free World" (New York), "A Magazine of Democracy and World Affairs", founded in 1940.
- the Free World, a loose Cold War concept collecting all non-Communist nations, and later non-Communist and non-Authoritarian nations.
- a label promoted by Richard Stallman and the free software movement to describe the set of software, people, commercial or non-profit companies, that adhere to the four basic freedoms of free software; see Free World (software).
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Extended Definition: Free World
Free world
- For other uses of the word, see Free world .
The Free World is a Cold War-era term often applied to or used by non-communist nations to describe themselves. The term was used to contrast the greater personal freedom enjoyed by citizens of non-communist countries that were democratic, such as the United States and Western Europe, with the Soviet Union and its East European allies. The usage of this term, however, generally does not take into account the many other non-communist states allied with the "Free World" during the Cold War, most notably in South America, Asia and Africa, many of which have been criticised as repressive and dictatorial.
Because of USA's prominent role in the Cold War, the President of the United States was often dubbed the "leader of the Free World", particularly in the United States itself.
Free World is also the title of a 2004 book by British political commentator Timothy Garton Ash.
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