Was the Cold War inevitable

Answer 1

By 1945, Nazi Germany lay defeated and the Allies stood victorious. The Soviet Union had suffered greatly to win the war. The paranoia of another invasion pushed Stalin to seize Eastern Europe as a cushion between the USSR and capitalism and prevent Russian soil from becoming a war zone again. So by 1947, the Iron Curtain had fallen across the continent and the world was slipping towards a deep freeze. The West by now had seen the might of Soviet arms and feared Communism sweeping over Europe. The North Atlantic Charter was signed in 1949 and the West created a security pact against the Soviet Union. Stalin responded by creating the Warsaw Pact a few years later. The tensions between the Soviet Union and the West eventually led to the Cold War.

Answer 2

While the Cold War was a likely outcome of the relations between the US and the USSR, it was not inevitable. What was amazing, however, was the fact that a shooting war never developed between the two.

Answer 3

The alternative was a HOT WAR. Translation: Mutually Assured Destruction.

Answer 4

Anything "can" be avoidable. Greed is man's nature; the cold war was about power, and power can be greed.

Answer 5

Either that or a nuclear war.

Answer 6

Because of the A-bomb, yes.

Answer 7

yes.