Melvyn Leffler and the Cold War

Question 1

BREAK TIME :0

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:^)

Question 2

Leffler states that America felt more vulnerable after Pearl Harbor. What made the Soviet Union feels vulnerable?

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Their insecurity over their borders because Germany had easily invaded, The many brutal attacks by Germany on the Soviet Union during the Cold War

Question 3

In this article, Leffler says that Gaddis believes the USSR was at fault for the Cold War

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True

Question 4

According to Leffler, the Soviet Union and the USSR were similar in the way that they...

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never expected for the war to cause damage to their own country

Question 5

B R E A K T I M E

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my dad made the coffee im drinking rn, my coffee that im drinking rn is good

Question 6

Did Stalin understand why keeping a good relationship with the US would be beneficial?

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yep!!

Question 7

BREAK TIME ^o^

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i call melvyn leffler melby in my head, i call melvyn leffler leffy in my head

Question 8

Which quote supports Leffler's view answered in the last question

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"Stalin's postwar foreign policy was more defensive, reactive, and prudent"

Question 9

Why does he think this was a turning point?

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Stalin saw the MP as a threat bc it spread the US's influence, Stalin saw it as a threat bc the MP would increase the US' relations in Eur

Question 10

Melvynn Leffler was reviewing other people's writing on the Soviet Union in this article

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True

Question 11

guess what? its another BREAK TIME

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give abby a high five

Question 12

BREAK TIME!!!!

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both

Question 13

Melvyn Leffler is 75 years old

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False

Question 14

Did Leffler believe Stalin intentionally undermined his own security with the Kremlin policies

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no

Question 15

"Stalin was reacting to the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the ostensibly more bellicose diplomacy of Truman"

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this quote is saying that Stalin's actions were reactions to the US's

Question 16

Does Melvyn Leffler agree that the US took the initiative for the partition of Germany?

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yes

Question 17

Was Stalin's post-war policy defensive or offensive?

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defensive baBY

Question 18

Which quote supports that Leffler agrees?

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"This argument seemingly fits well with the spate of new evidence..."

Question 19

What view does Melvyn Leffler have towards the cold war

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Post-Revisonist

Question 20

take this time to drink water or like get out energy or something!!!!!

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goodbye, hi, adios, hello

Question 21

Leffy wrote that Caroline Eisenberg believes...

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that the USSR took the initiative for the partition of Germany

Question 22

ONE. LAST. BREAK. TIME.

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my middle name is Elizabeth

Question 23

The Soviet empire was imposed from without...In contrast, the empire [of] the United States...was a matter of invitation

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It's saying the US's was involved in Europe was bc they were needed for war, This quote is saying the Soviet Union was created by their need to defend

Question 24

Melby thinks that a turning point in the Cold War was...

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the proposal of the Marshall plan

Question 25

Leffler believed that the partition of Germany was inevitable because the US and USSR's ideologies were too different

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True

Question 26

Leffler wrote that Zubok and Pleshakov think...

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America's actions were offensive and aggressive

Question 27

Which quote best proves Leffler's view stated in this last question?

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"are designed to enhance their security but that have the opposite effect"

Question 28

According to Leffler, did the insecurity of both nation's after the war affect their relationship badly?

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yes

Question 29

According to Leffler, did Stalin intend to start a Cold War?

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no

Question 30

Why did Stalin recognize that a good relationship with the US was beneficial

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America could lend them loans and help them get reperations from Germany

Melvyn Leffler and the Cold War

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Melvyn Leffler and the Cold War

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