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A 5 page research paper that examines the end of the Cold War, focusing on the arms race and the Soviet Union. After World War II, the world faced another crisis, in the form of expansion by the Soviet Union of its sphere of influence. While historians and scholars differ concerning the causes of the arms race known as the Cold War, many agree with John Lewis Gaddis (1997) that the US had no alternative but to suppress Soviet expansion at all costs. This examination looks at Russia in the 1980s, while focusing on the arms race and the culmination of the Cold War. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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differ concerning the causes of the arms race known as the Cold War, many agree with John Lewis Gaddis (1997) that the US had no alternative but to suppress
Soviet expansion at all costs. The following examination looks at Russia in the 1980s, while focusing on the arms race and the culmination of the Cold War. In the
1940s, American leaders were fearful of Communist expansion (Rose, 1995). The Truman administration believed that by expanding the American sphere of influence, they could keep Communism, and the Soviet
Union, contained. In this regard, Gaddis (1997) attributes the Cold War and subsequent arms buildup to the ideological orientation of Josef Stalin and the manner in which his expansionist
aspirations were aided and abetted by his communist contemporaries -- Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro. Making his primary focus quite clear, Gaddis states that he finds it
"increasingly difficult, given what we know now, to imagine the Soviet Union or the Cold War without Stalin" (1997, p. 293). In supporting this position, Gaddis writes insightfully about the
ideological blinders that were made by Soviet Marxist-Leninist leaders, which served to distort their perception regarding the durability of capitalism. The post-WWII Soviet leadership knew only too well that the
Soviet infrastructure was weak. However, they believed wholeheartedly in Marxist theory and the inevitability of Communism, which Marx predicted as an inevitable economic consequence. Following Stalin, Soviet leaders adhered dogmatically
to the party line that it was only a matter of time before the West would follow the pattern described by Karl Marx and turn to Communism (Gaddis, 1997). When
this happened, the Soviets anticipated that the West would come to their aid and provide needed support for a fellow Communist regime. Therefore, Gaddis argues that the Soviet strategy was
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