HIS103Y1 Lecture 22: Origins of the Cold war
Document Summary
The origins of the cold war are contested among historians. Once these documents were revealed, scholars contextualized the cold war in terms of international perspectives beyond the soviet union and america. The primary and long- term cause was a clash of ideologies capitalism and communism. After the documents were declassified, it was also evident that espionage and intelligence played a key role in the origins and the course of the cold war. Each nation feared the other"s ideologies and was preparing to fight the other.
