Us conception of liberty by defense of the natural rights of citizen while the Soviet idea of defense by making sure the enemy is scared to attack.
Explanation:
The Cuban missile crisis was in a sense an idea of what the people on both sides of the government believed was useful for their own country's safety.
Each wanted to intimidate the other into believing that they were more powerful and that they would be destroyed if they ever attack.
This escalated the matters so drastically that there were missiles in Cuba pointed to Us while the US also had its idea of defense and planted similar missiles in the Central Asia.
This was essentially an idea of liberty by the show of might on the both sides.
combined vertical and horizontal integration
The alliance system was important and played in the events that led to WWI because countries that were in alliances with other countries were obligated to support their allies when war was declared.