One argument is the Truman Doctrine talked up the Soviet threat as...

..elections were coming in 1948

In Kennan's view, Soviet foreign policy was a product of

a totalitarian state talking up 'foreign threat'

Which of these is FALSE about Soviet attitudes in 1945?

The prime concern was spreading world communism

Which of these is true about increasing suspicion between the USA & Stalin as allies in WW 2?

Truman didn't tell Stalin of the decision to drop the A bomb

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1
Stalin died in 1953. Who first used the term 'peaceful coexistence' in the ensuing 'thaw'?
Khruschev
Beria
Molotov
Malenkov
2
One argument is the Truman Doctrine talked up the Soviet threat as...
..elections were coming in 1948
containment was a purely American strategy
to contrast his policy with Churchill
Democrats had gained control of the senate
3
Which school of thought: origins of the Cold War a result of provocative actions of the USA...?
Russian writers since 1991
orthodox
post-revisionist
revisionist
4
In Kennan's view, Soviet foreign policy was a product of
a desire to extend trade networks
a totalitarian state talking up 'foreign threat'
a desire to create a buffer zone
a need for rapprochement to reduce spending
5
Which view challenges the perception Stalin was able to dominate Soviet policy 1945-53?
the contextual view
the orthodox view
the revisionist view
the structuralist view
6
An argument that Stalin's behaviour was based on his personality and natural temperament
dispositional
triumphalist
realist
situationalist
7
The McCarthy witch-hunt is evidence for which view on factors sparking the Korean war?
The local/international' factors approach
the traditional or orthodox view
the revisionist view
domestic pressures on Truman
8
"they have learned to seek security only in patient and deadly struggle" - a quote from...?
Danoel Yergin explaining the Riga Axioms
John Lewis Gaddis in 'We know now'
Robert Kelley of the Soviet Service
George Kennan's Long Telegram
9
Which of these is FALSE about Soviet attitudes in 1945?
the USSR keep territory gained in the Nazi Soviet Pact
Stalin wanted a buffer zone of E European states
Russia had been invaded from the West 3 times in the 20th C
The prime concern was spreading world communism
10
Which of these is true about increasing suspicion between the USA & Stalin as allies in WW 2?
the USA thought Stalin's purges did not go far enough
Truman didn't tell Stalin of the decision to drop the A bomb
He felt the second front had opened too early
Stalin wanted to spread democracy as the basis of peace
11
Who called Marshall Aid 'Dollar Imperialism'?
Molotov
Shevardnaze
Khrushchev
Stalin

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