Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Causes of the Cold War
- Ideological reasons
- Communism vs. Capitalism
- Democracy vs. Dictatorship
- Christian vs. Atheist/ Anti-religious
- US saw communism as a threat
- USSR saw capitalism as exploitative
- Communism developed
out of Max's critique of
capitalism
- National Interest
- Economic reasons
- High reparations for
Germany vs. low
reparations
- US need for free market
economy in Europe vs. USSR's
desire for communism
- Great power rivalry
- Power Vacuum
- Geopolitical inevitability
- Tradition of buffer zones
- Power Vacuum
- Arms race
- 1949 Soviets had
first atomic bomb
- Buffer zone
- Russia invaded 19
- suspicion from the US/ misinterpretation of aims
- Disagreement over reperations
- Had cooperate despite ideological
divide whilst they had shared goals
- Mistakes and misjudgements
- Not telling Stalin
about the atomic
bomb at Potsdam 1945
- Buffer Zone seen as aggressive act
- Berlin Blockade 1948-49
- Believed USSR were behind Mao and establishment of PRC
- Believed Stalin was helping communists in Greece
- Key Individuals
- Stalin's paranoia
- Attlee's lack of interest
in foreign affairs
- Truman's aggressive
anti-communist stance
- Stalin's aggression
- American opinion of Stalin
- Soviet Expansionism
- Misjudgements on US's part
- Us economic imperialism
- Marshall Plan1947
- Discussion over reparations