tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post1835969082890794280..comments2023-09-19T09:02:31.401+01:00Comments on John D Clare's History Blog: Who was to blame for the Cold War?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-1751925364506263862023-09-19T09:02:31.401+01:002023-09-19T09:02:31.401+01:00Based on history, The attitude towards communism i...Based on history, The attitude towards communism is extremely opposed and even exceeds the limits of the US, perhaps causing disastrous consequences from the cold war. Second, the Truman doctrine requires the complete abolition of communist ideology, wishing to promote freedom like America. This makes the Soviet side even more worried due to interference in their ideology from the US side. making war more and more obvious between the two powers. Third, after the war, the Soviet Union was devastated economically and socially, safety was increasingly the Soviet Union's priority, especially when the US succeeded in testing and manufacturing atomic bombs at that time. Raising concerns with the Soviet Union due to disagreements between the two great powers over ideology. Partly it can be said that America caused the cold warTuannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-6585176109174752642023-09-19T09:02:12.485+01:002023-09-19T09:02:12.485+01:00The Truman Doctrine and containment, in my opinion...The Truman Doctrine and containment, in my opinion, were to blame for the USA's involvement. To stop the spread of communism, the United States developed measures including the Truman Doctrine and the containment strategy. These actions brought about the creation of military alliances like NATO and interventions in wars like the Korean War. The USSR viewed these measures as hostile and menacing. Due of its financial weight, the Marshall Plan also holds the Truman Doctrine and containment responsible. Critics contend that the financial assistance offered through programs like the Marshall Plan had political objectives and led to economic reliance. Some claim that it gave the United States the ability to exert influence and control over other nations, potentially eroding their political independence. <br /><br />Tuan Minhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-30534349974872720842023-09-19T09:01:29.968+01:002023-09-19T09:01:29.968+01:00In my opinion, USA the one to blame for the Cold W...In my opinion, USA the one to blame for the Cold War as they showed no empathy for USSR, and implemented aggressive foreign polices on them. Truman's beliefs and opinion on Communism caused failure in the Potsdam conference, which was a declaration for the deterioration of the relationship between the two. Furthermore, his policies like 'containment', Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid, and especially the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan led to further distrust and the creation of COMECON, COMINFORM and the Berlin blockade in return. Also, Stalin's actions were more justified compared to Truman's; during WW2, Russia suffered the most lost, and their policies only aimed to protect themselves.tuan huynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-77436783361580329412023-09-19T09:01:16.848+01:002023-09-19T09:01:16.848+01:00It’s hard to completely blame a country for the Co...It’s hard to completely blame a country for the Cold War, but I think USA was mostly to blame. USA was the first one to create tension as they drop the A-bomb on Japan. This creates hostility and thus started the war and might also be the cause for USSR to uses the ‘salami tactic’. Furthermore, USA also creates the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Aid, and the Deutschmark. This creates threats towards USSR and forces them to use counter active methods such as the Berlin Blockade and also Comecon and Comeform. This means that the entire time, USA is the one who’s being aggressive and USSR was just trying to defend.Q Lamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-91971383807745145772023-09-19T09:00:49.228+01:002023-09-19T09:00:49.228+01:00Cold war between US and USSR was triggered by nume...Cold war between US and USSR was triggered by numerous complex reasons and factors. However, I strongly believe that USSR should be blamed for the Cold war. Stalin, the leader of USSR, wanted to spread out communism to all over the world. In fact, eastern Europe was taken over by Stalin and the countries in the region became communist countries. Furthermore, USSR forced Germany and blocked Berlin to isolate Berlin from the external world. Otherwise, US supported countries in the western Europe financially, to prevent spread of communism.Minjunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-7851343243681147602023-09-19T09:00:46.507+01:002023-09-19T09:00:46.507+01:00Although USA and USSR were both responsable for th...Although USA and USSR were both responsable for the cold war, USSR was the one that creates the Berlin blockade, also the sphere of influence was a very important point because Stalin was able to take control over other countries and therefore he also was able to spread communism around Europe.Monicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-34739603826104090632023-09-19T08:57:04.194+01:002023-09-19T08:57:04.194+01:00In my opinion, the USA was to blame for the Cold W... In my opinion, the USA was to blame for the Cold War for numerous reasons. Firstly, USA was the first country to take antagonising actions and through dropping the A-bomb of Japan regardless of their aggrement in Yalta when USA agreed to wait for USSR to invade. This is clearly a show of force from the USA to establish that they were the most powerful force in the world. Secondly, USA also compromised Soviet's own economic situation after the world as they merge their Berlin zone with with Britain and France, and also created the Deustchmark to dominate Berlin's economy and undermine Russian currency. Thirldy, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid also aim to segreate communist and prevent the spread of it to the world which is clearly and aggresive action. Overall, the USA was to blame for the Cold War because they were provoking and also delibearately weakining USSR, a country that have just suffered from WWII. Sangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-1623919163110627552023-09-19T08:56:49.676+01:002023-09-19T08:56:49.676+01:00The USSR should be blamed for the Cold War. Stalin...The USSR should be blamed for the Cold War. Stalin wanted to conquer the world under communism, he made the world and the US fear communism. The Berlin Blockade occurred in the years immediately following World War II and played a important role in escalating tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, which ruined their relationship. In addition, they were also to blame for the expansion in the Soviet sphere of influence. Which allowed Truman to create the containment policyHansunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-63301441023632798902022-09-09T09:00:17.805+01:002022-09-09T09:00:17.805+01:00ideological differences was and history were the c...ideological differences was and history were the causes of the cold War. On the one hand, the X article and long telegram influenced Truman into adapting the Truman doctrine which tell the USSR that the US is against them in their ideology and they will fight to prevent it from spreading. On the other, the spread of communism in eastern Europe was due to the fact that USSR had been repeatedly invaded through Eastern Europe. This spread of communism scared the USA since the US and Soviet have opposing ideology.Thanh Mainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-33862738383098626362022-09-09T08:50:54.659+01:002022-09-09T08:50:54.659+01:00Both sides were equally to blame for the Cold War....Both sides were equally to blame for the Cold War. Firstly, it was USSR's fault. Stalin desired to dominate the world under Communism. His takeover of Eastern Europe was seen to be his first step toward this. By July 1945, Stalin controlled most of the Eastern countries, this made USA fear a Communist take-over. But USA was blame for this too as they allowed Stalin to had the sphere of influence. Secondly, in 1948, Stalin set up cominform to coordinate the work of the Communist Parties of eatern Europe and completely control other countries therefore Truman introduced Marshall Aid and this made Stalin afraid that other countries had to rely on USA which making Cold War more stressful. In July, 1945, the USA successfully tested an atomic bomb and Truman informed Stalin about this at the Potsdam Conference. This seemed to be Truman's provocation to Stalin and made the situation between the two countries become increasingly tense.<br />HuyenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027488447711734883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-33403194906746494262022-09-09T08:50:29.915+01:002022-09-09T08:50:29.915+01:00It is hard to conclude that who are really to blam...It is hard to conclude that who are really to blame for Cold War because of several reasons. USA was to blame in events such as the Marshall plan, Truman Doctrine, atomic bomb and the bizonia event with British, they created a new currency which effected to the USSR so USSR also started the Berlin Blockade, salamis tactics, Warsaw Pact and Comecon to against the Marshall plan. In history, everyone had their own opinion on who to blame compare to nowadays what people think of that. We can see that both of USSR and USA are just doing stuffs because they weren't feel safe with each others like snowball effect which made to problems grow bigger and bigger.Duongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-316973236295736862022-09-09T08:50:17.763+01:002022-09-09T08:50:17.763+01:00Although both USA and the USSR have contributed t...Although both USA and the USSR have contributed to the Cold War's increased tensions and the question of "who is more to blame?" is still a debatable topic, the USA is still the one to blame more since they started being suspicious, thus leading to a chain of reactions after. <br />On the one hand, the USA started it first with the new president Truman establishing the containment policy which limited Communism in the USA, and the Truman Doctrine sent money to countries in threat of Communist takeover in the form of Marshall aid. This serves as a blow to Stalin's face and made him more skeptical of their intentions since it actively go against his ideology. Moreover, the atomic bombings in Japan just further angered Stalin since the USA is flexing their military and nuclear power, thus actively encouraging Stalin to make a move on them. Lastly, the formation of NATO without Russia is a way of undermining the USSR; this is implicitly saying the Allied Powers and non-communist countries hate Communists and want to prohibit them in every way possible, which increased the already high tensions in Eastern Europe.<br />On the other hand, USSR was to blame mainly for their expansion of the Soviet sphere of influence first, which triggered Truman and enabled him to start the Containment policy since he was not as neutral as Roosevelt. Furthermore, the establishment of Comecon and Cominform to combat Marshall Aid is a direct way to retaliate against the USA as Communist countries are not allowed to accept money from the USA while Stalin tightened control in countries under the Communist sphere of influence. This further angered Truman, due to the already high tension, he would automatically assume it was for the worst.<br />In conclusion, both are blamed for the Cold war but the USA is the one who started it first then the USSR followed. Since the USA could not stop provoking the USSR, which resulted in a chain reaction between both countries' hatred for each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-87578221316463649862022-09-09T08:50:08.216+01:002022-09-09T08:50:08.216+01:00Both sides were equally to blame for the Cold War....Both sides were equally to blame for the Cold War. Firstly, it was USSR's fault. Stalin desired to dominate the world under Communism. His takeover of Eastern Europe was seen to be his first step toward this. By July 1945, Stalin controlled most of the Eastern countries, this made USA fear a Communist take-over. But USA was blame for this too as they allowed Stalin to had the sphere of influence. Secondly, in 1948, Stalin set up cominform to coordinate the work of the Communist Parties of eatern Europe and completely control other countries therefore Truman introduced Marshall Aid and this made Stalin afraid that other countries had to rely on USA which making Cold War more stressful. In July, 1945, the USA successfully tested an atomic bomb and Truman informed Stalin about this at the Potsdam Conference. This seemed to be Truman's provocation to Stalin and made the situation between the two countries become increasingly tense. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027488447711734883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-81861867546078773752022-09-09T08:49:04.103+01:002022-09-09T08:49:04.103+01:00Truman coming to power initiated the conflict betw...Truman coming to power initiated the conflict between the two due to his hatred towards communism. The US' involvement in the Greek civil war and their solution known as the "Truman doctrine" caused further distrust between Stalin and Truman. They both had atomic bombs which posed as another threat towards the both of them; this led to a predicament where both got stuck and hesitant to attack the other due to their fear of retaliation. Nuclear bombs kept them hesitant and prevented them from initiating further conflictsphannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-89735803804164504422022-09-09T08:46:00.593+01:002022-09-09T08:46:00.593+01:00Although the question of "Who was to blame fo...Although the question of "Who was to blame for the Cold War?" is still up to debate, it is generally believed that both countries contributed to the rise of Cold War. For instance, one of Stalin main goal was to expand his sphere of influence in the eastern part of Europe and thereby spread communism. However, the president of the USA at the time, Harry Truman was in huge favor of a policy called "Containment" and was determined to put a stop to the spread of communism. This clash of ideologies caused both countries to act in certain ways to protect themselves yet also led to a variety of conflicts. As a result of Truman setting up the Marshall Aid to prevent other nations from succumbing to communism, Stalin established the Comecon in return to stop eastern Europe countries from accepting the Marshall Aid. Additionally, with the Allies introducing the Deutschmark, Stalin felt like his economy was being undermined, not to mention the sky rocketed rate of inflation. Consequently, the USSR leader came up with several responses, one of which was the Berlin Blockade. Not only did this blockade increased tensions between these countries but also costed the Americans billions of dollars. Apparently, the USA and the USSR just couldn't seem to stop doing things that would provoke one another to response intensely bao anhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-10170913246390625202022-09-09T08:45:44.399+01:002022-09-09T08:45:44.399+01:00I believed that the USSR is the most to blame for ...I believed that the USSR is the most to blame for the cause of the cold war, they created tension when they decided to do the blocked Berlin.Also the USSR use the salami tactic on USA, after a while China become Communist the sa feel threatened, this goes against Usa idea to spreads Capitalism,Ussr started a small series of attacks together resulting in a a large scale attack.However the Usa is also to blame for the cause of cold war because USA decided to divide Germany into 4 at the Yalta conference, Usa also tested to drop an atomic bomb and they also informed Stalin about it, the USSR is scared so they started to developed their own atomic bomb later.<br /><br />In conclusion,I believed that both Usa and the USSr is to blame for the cause of the cold war but the Ussr is more to blame.QKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-64831067690685899922022-09-09T08:45:34.525+01:002022-09-09T08:45:34.525+01:00I believe that both USA and USSR were to blame for...I believe that both USA and USSR were to blame for the Cold War because all the events that lead to the Cold War between two countries were linked together. For instance, Berlin Blockade would not have happened if Biozone and the introduction of the new currency did not exist. Therefore, there is not any movement from any country that significantly caused the Cold War, it is just tension being build up over time along with these actions . quyennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-13976379078628739112022-09-09T08:45:17.724+01:002022-09-09T08:45:17.724+01:00I think both are blamed for the Cold War. It begin...I think both are blamed for the Cold War. It begins way before the Cold War, USA and USSR ideologies were always contradicting each other, hence leading to disputes and conflicts such as the Red Scare sowed the seeds for the Cold War. Both were major powers and so it is clear that they would be afraid if the other decide to do something that poses as small as an inconvenience, hence cause the other to go on the defensive to counter it, starting what is coined the domino effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-73376550485271017912022-09-09T08:44:58.968+01:002022-09-09T08:44:58.968+01:00The clash of ideologies between 2 influential worl...The clash of ideologies between 2 influential world powers. Both powers struggle to maintain their influence, even expand it, and prevent an active war at the same time. In doing so, actions that are claimed to be defensive by one would be called offensive by the other, and we cannot blame Truman or Stalin for not ending the cycle if it means they had to put their countries at risk. The history that they shared, either against each other or together, does not allow either of them to be altruistic. <br />my anhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-11175779558506299022022-09-09T08:44:15.660+01:002022-09-09T08:44:15.660+01:00 It was hard to determined who was to blame for ... It was hard to determined who was to blame for the Cold War because the events were interconnected which led to the faults of either of them. The USSR was to blame for the cold war because they had broken the promises made in the Yalta conference. Although the Soviets was given the sphere of influence in the East, but they also needed to give those countries the free and fair elections to decide who their government is, what future they wanted to head. However, Stalin cold-bloodedly and violently imposed his puppet governments and suppressed the uprisings. However, the USA did also have some responsibility for the cause of the Cold War. Their attitude towards the Soviets was always hostile, privately from the Kennon telegraph and publicly via the Truman Doctrine. Moreover, they created a United West Germany via Bizonia and the introduction of the Deutschmark. This led to a stronger Germany which were a huge threat to the Russians in the past, as in WW1 and WW2. <br />Phatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-35267968141463890382022-09-09T08:44:12.715+01:002022-09-09T08:44:12.715+01:00in my humbling opinion i would like to say that th...in my humbling opinion i would like to say that the ussr was more to blame because communism basically paranoid the us and set up every action. Every action from the powers were linked, they all have a reason which was based on the other’s action before. The huge clash in ideologies made war seemed inevitable, Stalin’s urge and desire to expand and create a sphere of influence created distrust. Stalin transformed the ussr into an extension of himself, forcing communism onto many countries in eastern europe, and with a staunchly anti communist leader of the usa this triggered them. Usa’s action of marshall plan, truman doctrine, atomic bomb was all in an attempt to contain communism and provide protection in case of an outspread. The marshall plan and truman doctrine was basically aimed to provide aid to stop communism.hoanglinhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-43606268375259024672022-09-09T08:44:03.176+01:002022-09-09T08:44:03.176+01:00Both sides were too blame for the Cold war. The US...Both sides were too blame for the Cold war. The USA and USSR were 'attacking' each other in a tit for tat way, that created the chain of events that caused the Cold war. A prime example is when the USSR significantly worsened the relations between the two nations by Blockading Berlin, letting thousands of West Berliners to starve, and live without bare necessities for 11 months consequentially. However, this move wasn't unprovoked as it was a response to USA's Bizonia and Deutschmark. The creation of West Germany was against the treaty they agreed in Yalta, that Germany would be divded into 4 zones temporarily, creating a West Germany meant that it wasn't. The Deutshmark undermined Russian economy significantly, as it rendered their currency invaluable when people started exchanging all their money to Deutschmarks. Before this occurence was a chain of events of USSR and USA going back and forth, and after this occurence was also a chain of events of them going back and forth. So, they were both to blame, as one thing wouldn't have happened without the other, the domino effect of these events caused the Cold war to happen. Sophienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-10289774898158405942022-09-09T08:44:02.420+01:002022-09-09T08:44:02.420+01:00Although both USSR and USA were at fault for the C...Although both USSR and USA were at fault for the Cold War due to their clash of ideologies, the USA was more responsible for the Cold War. There are many different reasons to why USA was at fault. Firstly, at the Yalta Conference, the USA along with the West were the countries who gave the USSR the sphere of influence, allowing them to have confidence to execute the Salami Tactic in East Berlin. Furthermore, the Truman Doctrine being published was also a huge cause to the Cold War. It gave the offer to provide economical, political and military assistance to any democratic countries that needed help. Nguyen Duy Bachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-48140981492887976292022-09-09T08:42:33.724+01:002022-09-09T08:42:33.724+01:00I think that USA and USSR is to blame for the Cold...I think that USA and USSR is to blame for the Cold War because they both tried to counter other policy, for example because of the fear of communism the USA set up Marshall aid but USSR introduced Comecon to stop the influence of Marshall aid getting bigger. But If not because of the salami tactics the USA wouldn't have to introduce the Marshall aid to held the western country back, however if not because of at the Potsdam conference the American has approved USSR sphere of influence the USSR cannot set up their salami tactic. Overall, this is like a dominoes effect when they set of many policies just because of the fear and the need to stop each other growing, so they are both to blame as they both force each others to feel unsafe and need to act in order to protect themselves. Duynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674115.post-66895793520712963112022-09-09T08:42:01.667+01:002022-09-09T08:42:01.667+01:00While both USSR and USA can be blamed for the cold...While both USSR and USA can be blamed for the cold war, the opposite could also be said. I think the real reason for the cold war is because of the clash between ideologies. Communist and Democracy have too much of a difference which mean they are very cautious of each other, like the tension between USSR and the Western powers after WW2. This cast a domino effect on both USSR and USA. If any of them makes any move, the others would follow. The competition would increase and eventually lead to the cold war.Minh Tuannoreply@blogger.com