It seems almost irreverent to say so-given the millions of people who died because of it-but the whole Cold War thing was no more than a lack of communication. Both sides decided at Potsdam that the other was impossible, and they just stopped talking to each other. As soon as Kennedy installed the hotline, the Cold War ceased to be a threat to humanity. And the Cold War didnt end with the collapse of Communism in 1991; it ended long before that, when Gorbachev and Reagan started being honest with each other.

THE COLD WAR

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It seems almost irreverent to say so-given the millions of people who died because of it-but the whole Cold War thing was no more than a lack of communication. Both sides decided at Potsdam that the other was impossible, and they just stopped talking to each other. As soon as Kennedy installed the hotline, the Cold War ceased to be a threat to humanity. And the Cold War didn’t end with the collapse of Communism in 1991; it ended long before that, when Gorbachev and Reagan started being honest with each other.

A	Traditional/ Orthodox
B	Revisionist
C	Post/Revisionist
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Potsdam Conference solidified that Poland would become a Soviet satellite following the end of the war. This helped lead to the Cold War by setting the precedent for the expansion of Soviet influence, which the US would later try to counter with capitalist influence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Potsdam Conference, 1945. The Big Three-Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman-met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.

Detailed explanation-3: -Real people died.” Some 382 Americans were killed as a result of direct enemy action during the Cold War-those military actions between 1945 and 1991 beyond the scope of the Korean and Vietnam wars. This tally includes only those documented military personnel or government operatives killed by communists.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Stalin’s failure to abide by the agreements made at Yalta and Potsdam caused the Cold War. ‘

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USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR