... by a series of Communist uprisings from Greece to China in the late 1940s. In part, it was a reassertion of Russian nationalism that went back to the Tsars. But most importantly, the Cold War that emerged as the Soviets moved to expand their sphere of influence at the expense of the West was a reflection of what may have been the most important aspect of Stalin's peculiar personality: his unlimited will ... Moscow. He left bearing one of Stalin's last poisonous presents to the world--permission to invade the American-backed South Korea. When the Korean War threatened to spread, however,...

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... 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation of the world's first communist state. The bitter struggle for survival of the Soviet Union in its early stage, in particular the Civil War was hindered by the American and Western involvement. Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army to defeat the Bolsheviks. Soviets believed that the West was ... not want to repeat the mistakes made at the end of World War One and resisted. He was fearful that crippling the German economy, as Stalin wanted would lead to German Nationalism ...

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