"Ideological differences played little part in the origin of the Cold War." How far do you agree with this judgment?

This is a very interesting essay. I definitely liked it, but you could have explained the events that you speak of. Although I knew most of them, I didn't know them all, and so I got lost a couple of times. Also, you're a bit inconsistent. Why were we fighting the facists? It certainly wasn't because we disagreed with their ideaology. Facism is a very powerful and manipulative political system, facism, just like communism was a threat to the US and other world powers.

I gave this a smiley, because it's good, but like I said, it still needs work!

The Cold War was a product of hatered. People often fear what they don't know. After nazi, Westerners saw USSR as the next possible threat. All the comotion about "communist threat" put fear in western minds and their actions forced the "Reds" to act the same. The Cold War abviosly started after the WWII.

P.S. If the Soviet constitution on 1932 would been followed as it was written, USSR would be more democratic than USA. However it was followed as interpreted by the General Secratary...

P.S.2- I gave you a smiley because it's still good.

History encompasses all. There are too many reasons that need to be considered to get the whole picture. Check my Origins and Manifestations of the Cold War essay.


Things you missed: Personalities of the leaders, presence of the Red Army in Eastern Europe and the subsequent conversion to communism, vacuum of power created by the decline of Europe (i.e. someone had to be the main power in the world, both USSR and US wanted to do this), the refusal of the Western powers in creating a Western Front during the war (Thereby, USSR had to fight Germany all on its own for three years leading to millions of casualties. This could have been easily prevented if the Americans and the British had rushed and attacked the Germans from the west after liberating France which they didn't for quite some while) et al.

Great points you mentioned, especially the true meaning of what history entails. I would ask you why Britain should have 'rushed in' to help the USSR though when the USSR signed its pact with Hitler voluntarily, raping Poland and the baltics while standing by and actively supporting Hitler as he bombed London when Britain stood alone.