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Question Description

Use your readings and at least one primary source document from below to explain the origins of the Cold War.

1. What were the post-war goals of the United States and Soviet Union?

2. Was post-war conflict between the United States and Soviet Union inevitable?

3. What was the underlying source of international tension–an aggressive and intransigent Soviet Union or an overwhelmingly strong and uncompromising America?

Primary Documents from the Cold War Era:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=11&psid=3828