Thesis Of The Cold War By John Lewis Gaddis

The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis John Gaddis puts a very interesting thesis into play on the cold war perspective. Gaddis’s thesis has the equity needed to truly understand the cold war. His thesis fearlessly states that the Soviets and the Americans are both the cause of the Cold War. The Soviets and Americans both wanted a way of life they thought was better and their was a geopolitical struggle between the two countries.Gaddis shows that the Cold War was a war of idealistic opinions and the struggle for power. His thesis can be proven through focusing on some of the leaders he spoke about throughout his book. Gladdis first supported his thesis when he spoke of Roosevelt, Truman, and Stalin. Stalin wanted communism and the domination of Europe. Stalin had strongly suggested that wartime expenditures in blood and treasure should determine who got what, this would give the Soviet Union a boost to control Europe. Gladdis used an interesting map to show that the Soviet Union already owned a large portion of land, but they wanted more.Roosevelt, on the other hand, wanted capitalism. Sadly, Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945; Truman then became president. Roosevelt’s demand for capitalism …show more content…
These were some of the most important leaders during the cold war. They all had two main different beliefs: communism and capitalism. Also, they all contributed to the geopolitical struggle of wanting more power. The nuclear issues started and ended because of these leaders too. As Gaddis thesis suggest, these two countries are very similar, but very different because of their ideological beliefs. The Cold War could have ended more devastatingly. Luckily, thanks to these leaders and their actions, it ended wisely. Anxiety and worries disappeared, the end of the cold world left people with one important things: