After the unfortunate death of Roosevelt was not dealing with Truman.24 The President was new to the Soviet-American relationship and now had to start to get to know Stalin and form a relationship with the Soviet leader.25 It was clear at this stage that the alliance was nowhere near as solid as it had been during the war against Germany.26 Gaddis's interpretation of Stalin being a instigator of much of the trouble between the two countries is conflicted by the use of the archives by Roberts. He has used the evidence to come to the conclusion that in the instance of the conference Stalin himself said 'the important thing was to find common language'.27 Offner offers the substitute theory that Truman himself was simply unfit to make a formal relationship and instead came across as aggressive.28 In the conference itself and afterwards the Russians saw the meeting as crucial in keeping their alliance alive and it may be assumed that they were just doing so to keep the peace, however Roberts does describes the Yugoslav ambassador commenting on the USSR telling him the talks were very
After the unfortunate death of Roosevelt was not dealing with Truman.24 The President was new to the Soviet-American relationship and now had to start to get to know Stalin and form a relationship with the Soviet leader.25 It was clear at this stage that the alliance was nowhere near as solid as it had been during the war against Germany.26 Gaddis's interpretation of Stalin being a instigator of much of the trouble between the two countries is conflicted by the use of the archives by Roberts. He has used the evidence to come to the conclusion that in the instance of the conference Stalin himself said 'the important thing was to find common language'.27 Offner offers the substitute theory that Truman himself was simply unfit to make a formal relationship and instead came across as aggressive.28 In the conference itself and afterwards the Russians saw the meeting as crucial in keeping their alliance alive and it may be assumed that they were just doing so to keep the peace, however Roberts does describes the Yugoslav ambassador commenting on the USSR telling him the talks were very