How did the cold war affect countries emerging from colonial rule in the second half of the twentieth century?

Both the United States and the Soviet Union gave them military and economic aid in the hope of gaining their support.

Explanation:

The intervention that made by the united states and the soviet union made several countries involved in civil war. Examples of this would be the Vietnam war (north Vietnam was aided by the soviet union and south Vietnam was aided by united states) and the Korean war (north Korea was aided by China and soviet union and south Korea was aided by united states.)