https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049 After going through the process of hearing from both perspectives, decide who you think is the MOST to blame for accelerating the Cold War in Europe. en-us 2020-03-10 06:06:40 UTC 2020-03-21 10:53:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356064 US is more to blame because their actions what were triggered a reaction from the Soviets (eg. NATO triggered Warsaw, Doctrine triggered Comecon Cominform etc)]]> 2020-03-10 06:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356064 kow_hsu_hwee https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356187 US had a president (Truman) who hated communism, so of course he would have this sense of mistrust from the beginning which leads to provoking of the soviet union]]> 2020-03-10 06:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356187 chong_yao_kiat_corwin https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356412 The West, after the end of WWII, gave 'authority' to control the Eastern block but yet did not give criteria for the control. The impact of this led to both parties not meeting each other's needs and caused mistrust which deteriorated both parties' relationship. The impact is then strengthened by the Truman Doctrine, which was a form of declaration of war as it meant they would intervene on how the Soviets were controlling the Eastern block]]> 2020-03-10 07:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356412 cheng_lui_leng https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356423 US is more to blame as they created at larger sense of mistrust which led to the Cold War. The Truman doctrine was a containment policy that specifically was aimed at preventing communist spread and directly threatened the influence of Soviet Union. USSR's actions were less effective than those of the US hence they caused less mistrust.]]> 2020-03-10 07:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457356423 https://padlet.com/leon_choo1_1/m524lt0ty049/wish/457554306

The USSR created bigger problems than the USA since Stalin lied and refused to comply to the agreements that he and the allies had in the Potsdam conference, which was to allow free elections in the Eastern Bloc. On top of that, Stalin’s aggressive behaviour made it seem as if he was going to conquer most of Europe through force. Over time, this caused longer lasting tensions between the USA and USSR since the USA felt that the USSR was not to be trusted and would violate treaties of peace, showing that the USSR caused longer lasting problems as compared to the USA.

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