To What Extent Was The Soviet Union To Blame For The Cold War

The cold war was an arms race with the United States of America and the Soviet Union. At that time since the United States dropped the bomb in Hiroshima more and more nuclear weapons were created and more countries had them to their disposal.Both United States and the Soviet Union is to blame for the cold war with the US fearing communist attack and Truman's dislike for Stalin intimidating him put both Truman and Stalin in fear for suspicion.

When the cold war started the United States was fearing communist attacks from the Soviet Union.The united states knew that the soviet union had more than enough firepower to attack them.This realisation from truman made him nervous and had to prepare for anything.The United states and soviet union were allies in wwII but their relationship was very tense because the united states was concerned about the soviet union's leader Joseph Stalin.The United states thought that he was bloodthirsty and was tyrannical.The united states did not know …show more content…
Truman disliked how Stalin ruled his country and the decisions he made. Truman did not like how stalin handled things and how he did not let his people be individuals. Stalin realized this and knew that this can and possibly will trigger a war with the United States and they most definitely have enough power to take them out and they can cause a lot of destruction like in Hiroshima. Truman already did not like stalin so just from that he can start a war when ever he wants but instead he got into in arms race with the soviet union. From the arms race and the threat of war this put stalin in a tight situation and he was on edge and started to get suspicious that some of his own people may be with americans and he started to lose it. If someone died he would erase them from history or attempt to, he would try to take them out of photos. This constant fear of threat made him go crazy.In summary, Trumans dislike for stalin put him on