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Originally posted by Avatar:
This was on the BBC radio this morning and it regarded a new book coming out accusing the US and British governments of escalating the cold war.
According the the book, the Russians never had any intention for global conquest nor to actively spread communism. Any country been invaded twice and lost 20million people to the Germans would natrually want to control neighbouring countries as a buffer zone against the future threats. And the paranoia of the west after seeing how the Russian military can steamroll German troops so quickly was scared and reacted out of proportion.
TThe spread of communism was like evolution in some countries and it wasn't because revolutions were incited and supported actively by Russia.
What do u all think?
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As far as I can recall, from my history classes, Russia alwyas claimed it just desired to protect itself....and Poland, and all of the Balkans and East Germany and Cuba and.....Well you get the idea, It is when Russia whent from being Russia to being the USSR that things got tense. Even duringWorld War II both Britain and the USA knew that there was a clash of IDEALS coming, comunism vs democracy.
Personally I think any claim that either side was the sole cause of the cold war is ridiculous, the cold war rose from fear, suspicion and distrust on both sides....Of course Nikita Krucschev beating his shoe on the podium in the United Nations screaming "We will burry you!!!" could not have made anyone in the west too awful comfy....