Who's To Blame For The Cold War

The Cold War was a proxy war that created a lot of tension and distrust. The United States didn’t trust the communists and their regimes and the Russians didn’t trust America and the practices they were partaking in because it looked like imperialism. However, the Soviet Union and their communist regime were responsible for starting the Cold War. Although some of the blame can be put on the United States for a miscommunication, America realized the economically broken countries surrounding the Soviets could be easily captured, thus the United States had started to build naval bases and airports in Europe to protect the territories as they try to rebuild. The goals and the leaders of the Soviet Union also worried America because they threatened democracy, and the things they practiced were worrisome. Both countries had weapons to wipe out the globe, so peace was the only option. This is argued many times by various people, the most prominent being Henry Wallace, but human nature will play its role and restrict the countries from finding actual peace.

He realizes the state countries such as Greece or Turkey are in, and the fact the Soviet Union is their neighbor, opens the door to expand communism. “...The Greek state is today threatened by the terrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defy the government’s authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundaries,” he states in paragraph five of his speech. And because of his worry, he sends “...military personnel to Greece and Turkey, at the requests of those countries, to assist in the tasks of reconstruction…” (Paragraph 17,