“In the period 1945-50, the USA and the USSR were equally aggressive towards each other and thus equally responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War.” How far do you agree?

... "In the period 1945-50, the USA and the USSR were equally aggressive towards each other and thus equally responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War." How far do you agree? Historiography regarding the Cold War has long revolved around its origins, with the roles of economic, political and ideological factors behind actions examined ad nauseam. The assumption asserts that mutual acts of intended hostility between the US and the USSR of equal degree was the reason for the start of the Cold War, hence the two superpowers should both be equally held accountable. This implies that the superpowers intended to start the Cold War, and their actions were calculated to inflict maximum damage on the other party, so as to qualify the acts as aggressive. But with the collapse of the Soviet Union, new evidence has arose to further substantiate the traditionalist thought that Stalin was inherently aggressive in thought

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