This is an investigation of the role Leninism and Stalinism played in tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States prior to 1947. This investigation will attempt to answer the question: To what extent did Leninism and Stalinism contribute to pre-Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States?
V. I. Lenin
‘Left-Wing’ Communism - An infantile disorder
This primary source was written by Lenin in 1920 and was originally published in booklet form in Russian before translated into English. Lenin aimed to supplement foreign communists with a condensed correspondence of the Bolshevik’s strategy and tactics in juxtaposition to the communist movement thriving in Western Europe around the same time. Lenin discussed the origin of the Bolshevik ideology, giving way to a radical political party that changed the socioeconomic climate in the Soviet Union and revolutionized the class system thus establishing …show more content…
This ideology set the stage for the Soviet Union’s communist future and the international power struggle with republics like the United States. Lenin saw the United States and traditional European diplomatic systems as flawed and proposed that the Bolshevik ideology would appeal to the evolving political climate, which increasingly considered the interests of the working class. This source provides insight into the schism between the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions and the formation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. However, by nature of being a primary source, it solely provides one biased perspective on the issue of socioeconomic disparities in Eastern Europe
V. I. Lenin
‘Left-Wing’ Communism - An infantile disorder
This primary source was written by Lenin in 1920 and was originally published in booklet form in Russian before translated into English. Lenin aimed to supplement foreign communists with a condensed correspondence of the Bolshevik’s strategy and tactics in juxtaposition to the communist movement thriving in Western Europe around the same time. Lenin discussed the origin of the Bolshevik ideology, giving way to a radical political party that changed the socioeconomic climate in the Soviet Union and revolutionized the class system thus establishing …show more content…
This ideology set the stage for the Soviet Union’s communist future and the international power struggle with republics like the United States. Lenin saw the United States and traditional European diplomatic systems as flawed and proposed that the Bolshevik ideology would appeal to the evolving political climate, which increasingly considered the interests of the working class. This source provides insight into the schism between the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions and the formation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. However, by nature of being a primary source, it solely provides one biased perspective on the issue of socioeconomic disparities in Eastern Europe