On any rational assessment, the USSR presented no immediate danger to anyone outside the reach of the Red Armys occupation forces. It emerged from war in ruins, drained and exhausted, its peacetime economy in shreds, its government distrustful of a population, which at times showed a lack of commitment to the regime.

THE COLD WAR

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On any rational assessment, the USSR presented no immediate danger to anyone outside the reach of the Red Army’s occupation forces. It emerged from war in ruins, drained and exhausted, its peacetime economy in shreds, its government distrustful of a population, which at times showed a lack of commitment to the regime.

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

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -“The Cold War was based on a Western belief, absurd in retrospect but natural enough in the aftermath of the Second World War, that the Age of Catastrophe was by no means at an end; that the future of world capitalism and liberal society was far from assured…

Detailed explanation-2: -The Cold War was a lengthy struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that began in the aftermath of the surrender of Hitler’s Germany. In 1941, Nazi aggression against the USSR turned the Soviet regime into an ally of the Western democracies.

Detailed explanation-3: -THE COLD WAR WAS A CONFLICT AFTER WORLD WAR II BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION. THE SUPER-POWERS NEVER FOUGHT EACH OTHER, BUT BACKED OPPOSITE SIDES IN “HOT WARS, ” OFFERED AID TO INFLUENCE NEUTRAL COUNTRIES, AND COMPETED IN A DANGEROUS NUCLEAR ARMS RACE. IT LASTED 45 YEARS, BUT ENDED SURPRISINGLY FAST.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and spent his childhood mainly in Vienna and Berlin. Following the death of his parents and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, Hobsbawm moved to London with his adoptive family. After serving in the Second World War, he obtained his PhD in history at the University of Cambridge.

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USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR