Cold war Historiography Flashcards
E.H Carr
The soviet union was the major progressive force in the world and the United States was the world’s principle obstacle to advancement.
Thomas A bailey
The breakdown of postwar peace was the result of Soviet expansionism in the immediate years following World war II
William Appleman Williams
America had always been an empire building people, even while American leaders denied it
walter lefeber
The U.S commitment at the close of World War II to ensuring a world in which every state was open to U.S influence and trade, underpinned many of the conflicts that triggered the beginning of the cold war.
Gar Alperovitz
The U.S decision to use atomic weapons against Japan started the Cold War
Gabriel Kolko
The U.S was not neccesarily fighting Soviet Influence, but any form of challenge to the U.S economic and political prerogatives.
John Lewis Gaddis
Neither side can bear sole responsibility for the onset of the cold war.
Holger Hewig
The cold war was not the result of a single nation but rather the result of the breakdown of international relations
Post-revisionist
Neither side was responsible for the cold war.
Revisionism
U.S seeked to build an empire and confront the soviet union after World War II
Orthodox
Responsibility for the cold war rest on the soviet union
Pro-soviet
Soviet union was major progessive force in the world.
