Cause Of The Cold War

To take the perspective of the traditionalist historian in placing the blame of origin of the Cold War solely upon the Soviet Union is orthodox and somewhat reasonable if only one frame, out of the context of long decades of conflict, is examined. But before critics quickly sway to the extreme of siding with US Naval War historian Eugene V Rostow in claiming, "The cold war was caused by the USSR's 'imperial appetite'", it is crucial to understand why revisionists like the celebrated William A. Williams would argue the opposite. Soviet policies between 1945 and 1949 did play an essential role to the build up and outbreak of the tension between the USSR and USA, but not to the extent of how much the US is responsible for, because of post-war
As Stalin himself commented on Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech of February 1946, in the Russian newspaper Pravda, "Mr. Churchill has called for a war on the USSR." Evidence that Churchill himself had formerly agreed upon Stalin's claims for the eastern European is existent and President Truman's support for supposed democracy and freedom is juxtaposed by his hypocrisy in loyalty to a British empire that still held coercive colonial power over dozens of countries on almost every continent. Not only so, Truman's anti-Communist proof is also ostensibly loosely based around the Long Telegram which was sent by a limited source only a month prior, which boisterously accused Russians of being "determined to destroy the American way of life and will do everything they could to oppose America." The acerbic speech was closely followed by the Truman Doctrine in which the President staked American responsibility in the protection of the people's freedom, ways of life, and the process of " work[ing] out their own destiny" and presented the idea of 'containment'. Again, America's obvious economic and selfish motivation is masqueraded and the honorable duty to interfere in any foreign countries' politics as the US sees fit is implied. Hypocritical and unconstructive diplomacy as such were surely bound to upset any country in question,
Contemporary to the Blockade were the establishment of Bizonia, the integration of Marshall Aid, and the announcement of the deutchmark, none of which were choices negotiated with the Soviets. Disrespect aside, Stalin's fears of a powerful new Germany that could once again cross the borders and bring Russia another era of scorched earth is well founded and understandable. All promises regarding the ensuring of a non-militaristic Germany fell through, and of course, if the twice havoc provoking nation were to stand strong and offend again, the US is oceans away and would not be directly affected. Such consideration made it a defense absolute for Moscow to decide on the Blockade and the Airlift that followed could be considered as, as Pravda stated, "a propaganda move inteded to make the cold war worse." Evidence of such is in the fact that the Soviet government had already planned to supply food and necessities to all of Berlin, yet every day 380 American bombers, intimidating for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, flew into Berlin with many folds the real amount of supply necessary. The results of the 11 months from 1948-1949 was demonstrated in the division of East and West Germany, the NATO and Warsaw Pact