1. Origins of the Cold War
... of the Cold War, known as Orthodoxy, became the norm for historians between the 1940's and the beginning the 1960's. During this period historians, such as Arthur Schlesinger, William H. McNeill, Herbert Feis, and Thomas Bailey blamed the start of the Cold War on the USSR's resolution to pursue a path of expanding the ideas of communism and a essentially wanting a socialist revolution come ... themselves in the name of freedom and being governed by laws. As the 1940's began to wind down, U.S officials started to understand the ineffectiveness of remaining in such a passive fashion. Geor...
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