COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF 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: -Unsurprisingly, Stalin was extremely skeptical of the plan and believed it would create an anti-Soviet bloc. Though the aid was open to all European countries, Stalin ordered those under his Eastern Bloc to reject American aid, and created a Soviet plan as a response to the Marshall Plan.
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: -In a letter to his mother and sister, Truman called the Soviets “pigheaded” and difficult to work with, said Sam Rushay, historian and archivist at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Missouri.