draft cold war othodox
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- The Orthodox School
- Orthodox Views emerged in the USA and other western countries in the early 1950s.
- Was known as the "traditional" view
- Orthodox historians pin the blame for the outbreak of the cold war on Stalin and the Soviet union.
- They believe the soviet union initiated the Cold War by seeking to expand and exert its power over Europe and Asia.
- This belief stems from Lenin's doctrine, Marxist-Leninism preached an international revolution and world communism
- This belief also stems from Stalins mistrust of the west
- They believe the soviet union initiated the Cold War by seeking to expand and exert its power over Europe and Asia.
- https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/cold-war-historiography/
- They believe that Stalin broke the agreements made at Yalta and Potsdam so that he could expand communism into eastern Europe and the rest of the world.
- Stalins actions led to the break up of the Grand Alliance and the start of the Cold War.
- Orthodox's think that the USA had only passive or reactive role in the events.
- American Leaders started negotiations in 1945.
- They did not sought after any territory and were guided by principles rather than self-interest.
- Roosevelt and Truman sought conciliation with Stain and a relationship with the Soviet Union.
- The USA acted in defence of self-determination and democracy after Stalin violated the Agreements of 1945.
- Orthodox historians criticise the economic policy and political repression with the soviet system.
- While ignoring the shortcoming of American capitalism.
- Orthodox historians criticise the economic policy and political repression with the soviet system.
- American Leaders started negotiations in 1945.
- The Orthodox view became the accepted position of the United states during the 1950s.
- The view aligned perfectly with American interests and justified US policies like the Truman Doctrine and the Domino Theory.
- Remained the prevailing explanation of the Cold war until the emergence of Revisionist historians in the 1960s.
- The view aligned perfectly with American interests and justified US policies like the Truman Doctrine and the Domino Theory.
- Advocates include Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr, Herbert Feis, Thomas A. Bailey and Louis J. Halle
- Many Orthodox historians held official positions with the US State Department or other government bodies.
- Orthodox Views emerged in the USA and other western countries in the early 1950s.
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