The Soviet Union possessed a great deal of soft power in the years after World War II. But the Soviets’ attractiveness as liberators was destroyed by the way they later used their hard power against Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
但是，误用军事资源也可以削弱柔性力量。苏联在二战后的几年里掌握了大量的柔性力量。但是，它后来针对匈牙利和捷克斯洛伐克使用钢性力量的方式则摧毁了其作为解放者的吸引力。