Thursday, February 14, 2008
WWII -->Cold War?
As mentioned in 4.10 of the Wilson text (pg. 96) it was hard for the Russians to believe that the U.S. and Britain postponed their Second Front merely for lack of preparation and resources, and not because they secretly wanted to see both countries destroy each other. Did this distrust between the USSR and the US greatly influence the start of the Cold War? Could the tension between the two countries have been relieved simply by throwing some unprepared and under-trained troops into Russia?
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I do not know if lack of US support led to influence on the Cold War. It may have had some influence, but I also think that sending unprepared soldiers would not have prevented the Cold War. There are so many different ways that this could have turned out that it would be hard to tell if support could have prevented tension or if beating the Germans could have even prevented this tension. With paranoid leaders tension was very probable.
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