Who was to blame for the Cold War?
If you type: 'Who was to blame for the Cold War' into google, what you mainly turn up is dozens of online essays of dubious quality, many of which simply rehash what you have already learned from my website! My strong advice is to avoid them like the plague, and make up your own mind.
By far the best link on this topic (and the liveliest) , if you haven't already found it, is the BBC audio-byte, which takes the form of a debate (you can read a transcript of the debate here). There is also a pretty shoddy list of points-for and points-against on the projectgcse website, which you may find of help if you have been asked to write the essay (which will have to take the form of 'on-the-one-hand ... on-the-other ... conclusion).
In the end, this is a subject where you will also have to show that you are aware of the historiography - what past historians have written on the subject. There is a simple summary of this on the BBC Bitesize site, and my more detailed account here.
So - what do YOU think!! As the BBC audio-byte demonstrates, this is a contentious and controversial subject, so you ought to be able to have some fun debating it here...
By far the best link on this topic (and the liveliest) , if you haven't already found it, is the BBC audio-byte, which takes the form of a debate (you can read a transcript of the debate here). There is also a pretty shoddy list of points-for and points-against on the projectgcse website, which you may find of help if you have been asked to write the essay (which will have to take the form of 'on-the-one-hand ... on-the-other ... conclusion).
In the end, this is a subject where you will also have to show that you are aware of the historiography - what past historians have written on the subject. There is a simple summary of this on the BBC Bitesize site, and my more detailed account here.
So - what do YOU think!! As the BBC audio-byte demonstrates, this is a contentious and controversial subject, so you ought to be able to have some fun debating it here...
Labels: blame cold war
posted by Mr John D Clare | 8:32 AM
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firstly i'd like to thank you whole heartedly as a year 11 student about to sit my modern world history exam for your website. the contents are so helpful especially the interpretations provided for each source. it would be very difficult to say who should take the blame for the cold war. i'd take the post revisionists point of view ^_^ because it takes two to tango :)
thanks again!
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Straight to the point and well written! Why can’t everyone else be like this?
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thanks to your sight i got an A* in nazi germany and A in cold war
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I’ve desired to write something like this on my webpage which has given me a concept. Cheers.
I agree with the post-1991 view that both sides were to blamed. There was a clash of ideology, between communism in USSR and capitalism in US. Now that the world had ended, they had no common goal and had no need for alliance, and caused tensions between the two to be refueled again. They now had different aims, all geared to protect their ideology
Mr. Clare,
On your web page about the Truman Doctrine you wrote: "Truman himself described the British withdrawal from the Mediterranean as a foreign policy ‘opportunity’ in the Middle East of which America must ‘take advantage’." I was just wondering what source you got this from? I'm writing an essay and would like to use this information, if it is a primary source that would be even better!
The Cold War could never have started without the mutual mistrust both super powers had of one another. The reason for their alliance during WW2 was because of a greater threat in Hitler but after his demise, their true feelings and clearly polar opposite ideologies were allowed to come to the fore which was exacerbated through diplomatic relations such as the notorious telegrams.
I think that the Russians are to blame for the cold war. This is because they are insecure and not trust worthy. At the Potsdam conference, the super powers agreed that Stalin would withdraw the red army and hold free and fair elections in his 'sphere of influence', but he did the opposite. This made way for antagonism and tension amongst the Big Three; which led to the cold war.
Hi there,
I think Truman was to blame for the start of the cold war, as his dropping of the atomic bomb, I believe, was a way of impressing the Soviets, with the small 'extra' of 250,000 Japanese deaths.
As Truman had not specifically told Stalin about the USA's testing of the atomic bomb, the news came as a near-complete surprise for Stalin, resulting in his burning anger, and I think, the start of real tension in the cold war.
The rest, as they say, is history....
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