Joseph Stalin The Cold War Analysis

The author of this excerpt expresses traditionalist views in which he believes that Russia is to blame for the origins of the Cold War. He overall states that the desire of Stalin to make himself and the Soviet Union be the most powerful causes the tension between powers and makes the war inevitable. The author is trying to answer the question: What actions did Stalin take or not take in order to make the Soviet Union a more dominant power. He asserts that the contrast between the peaceful United States and the power hungry Soviet Union cooked up the perfect recipe for war. The author’s claims to Russia being to blame for the Cold war were all a result of Stalin’s terse ideals. He expresses that Stalin’s idea of providing security for his country was to eliminate any threats and possible deprive others from gaining security for their own country. Even when the United States made clear attempts to help the Soviet Union, Stalin was not willing to neither show any respect nor return the favor. The author asserts the Stain knew of the United States support, but he did not care. Another problem of Stalin, according to the author, was that he “equated security with territory” which made it hard for other countries to feel any protection against the Soviet Union. …show more content…
He was more concerned with his own country that looking out for the rest of the world at the same time. The author also tries to answer the question: How did other countries react to Stalin’s decisions and how did that exculpate the situation. The author uses the method of juxtaposing the bed qualities of Stalin to the apparent good qualities of the United States to accentuate how great the United States was in trying to keep peace while Stalin was completely in the wrong be reacting negatively to each situation he had to keep