Russian historians blamed Churchill (the British Prime Minister) and Truman (the American president, 1945-1953). They said Truman and Churchill wanted to destroy the USSR, which was just defending itself.
The Traditional View
At first, western writers blamed Russia. They said Stalin was trying to build up a Soviet empire.
The Revisionist View
Later, however, some western historians blamed America. They said Truman had not understood how much Russia had suffered in the Second World War.
The Post-Revisionists
Later still, historians think BOTH sides were to blame - that there were hatreds on both sides.
Most recently, historians agree that the Cold War was primarily a clash of beliefs - Communism versus Capitalism.
Both are to blame , but the major blame is on John Kennedy.
Many people feel that the United States was primarily responsible for the Cold War due to a fear of communism but many more, including myself, blame the war on the Soviet Union.
Germany was forced to take all the blame for World War I as dictated in the Treaty of Versailles.
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1. Neither of the reasons you state caused the cold war. 2. The cold war was caused by the atomic bomb. 3. The A-bomb resulted in no-one willing to risk fighting total war again. 4. Total war (using the bomb) risked MAD=Mutually Assured Destruction. 5. The Soviet Union is the USSR (same thing).
Joseph Stalin
Gorbachev
If the blame for the Cold War must fall upon a single person, then that person would definitely be Stalin.
They were both to blame (Britian and the US + Russia) because they both wanted to enforce their ways upon each other.
The Germans were to blame
Both are to blame , but the major blame is on John Kennedy.
Many people feel that the United States was primarily responsible for the Cold War due to a fear of communism but many more, including myself, blame the war on the Soviet Union.
It forced Germany to accept blame blame for starting the war
Germany was forced to take all the blame for World War I as dictated in the Treaty of Versailles.
Pigs are no more to blame for swine flu than humans are for the common cold.
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Serbia