Sem2.HW1

If Soviet Union Hegamony did not happen it could have prevented the cold war. If Soviet Union did not set up Soviet-controlled governments around Eastern Europe and promoted communism by force, the United State would have felt less violated. Moreover, U.S. began to think that the Soviet Union was trying to dominate the world.

The Truman Doctrine was a policy outlining the aid Greece and Turkey would recieve from the U.S. to resist communism. Truman wanted to stop the spread of communism. On the other hand, the Soviets thought that the United State destroying communism was threatening Soviet's security. Without the agreement of the doctirne it could have prevented the cold war because the Soviet Union would feel less about United State's opposition of their government

Outside Source: Howard Zinn

If the United States did not suspect Soviet Union as a threat at the very beginning, it could have prevented the cold war. Because the U.S. built a "climat of fear" which is "a hysteria about communism", people fear that Soviet Union will take advantage of their very positive recovery after the war.