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Joseph Stalin: A Catalyst to the Cold War
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... Joseph Stalin: A Catalyst to the Cold War By Andrei Mascas-Iovu The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person - it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable, and therefore it was no one's fault, due to the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only the need for self-preservation that had caused the two countries to sink their differences temporarily during World War II. Yet many of the tensions that existed in the Cold War can be attributed to Stalin's policy of Soviet expansion. It is necessary, therefore, to examine the role of Stalin as a catalyst to the Cold War. Stalin's foreign policies contributed an enormous amount to the tensions of the Cold War. His aim, to take advantage of the military situation in post- war Europe to strengthen Russian
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