stalin and the cold war

“As long as Stalin was running the Soviet Union a cold war was unavoidable.” (JL Gaddis, We Now Know). Discuss this interpretation of the origins of the Cold War. The war obliged Stalin to make radical changes in his foreign policy. Before the attack by Nazi Germany he could allow himself to observe the development of events and swim with the tide, choosing between Hitler or the West, but after June 22nd, 1941 he had to …

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