What caused the Cold War

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  • Created on: 08-12-13 21:19
The Orthodox School of Thought
The Cold War as a product of the agressive and expansionist agenda of the USSR. Many American and Western European politicians and scholars agreed with this view. It was a result of the mood then and it blames Stalin, without looking at defence needs
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The Revisionist School of Thought
It was a result of the provocative actions of the US, emphasis on US aggression whilst trying for economic dominance- moved by failure in Vietnam, see USSR actions as defensive
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The Post-Revisionist School of Thought
Moves away from the question of blame, they were from a different generation and do not have personal opinions on the early events of the war and focus more a mixture of ideas, instead of one single cause
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Soviet Historiography
The idea that hostility was inevitable due to the clash in ideologies, sees Soviet foreign policy as safeguarding the USSR against capitalism
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Russian Writers since 1991
D.Volkogonov saw Comintern as a puppet organisation, challenged foreign policy as defensive- was in the army, became disillusioned, was highly critical of communist past after the collapse of the Soviet Union
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It was a result of the provocative actions of the US, emphasis on US aggression whilst trying for economic dominance- moved by failure in Vietnam, see USSR actions as defensive

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The Revisionist School of Thought

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Moves away from the question of blame, they were from a different generation and do not have personal opinions on the early events of the war and focus more a mixture of ideas, instead of one single cause

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The idea that hostility was inevitable due to the clash in ideologies, sees Soviet foreign policy as safeguarding the USSR against capitalism

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D.Volkogonov saw Comintern as a puppet organisation, challenged foreign policy as defensive- was in the army, became disillusioned, was highly critical of communist past after the collapse of the Soviet Union

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