THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Traditional/-Orthodox
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Revisionist
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Post-Revisionist
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Truman issued what would become known as the Truman Doctrine: a promise that the United States would do whatever was necessary both economically and militarily to contain the spread of communism around the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Revisionist or new left historians placed responsibility for the Cold War on the United States. These writers suggest that American policies, including a desire to spread capitalism and democracy, caused the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -By 1947, the United States adopted a policy of containment to restrict Soviet global power.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Cold War, communism was the main concern of the United States. The Soviet Union had a communist economy where most property was owned by the government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. Meanwhile, the USSR came to resent what they perceived as American officials’ bellicose rhetoric, arms buildup and interventionist approach to international relations.