The group of people that blame neither the United States or the Soviet Union for the Cold War are called post-revisionists. Post-revisionists claim that with the amount of power the two countries held in Europe post World War II, it was inevitable for mutual suspicions and misunderstandings to not rise. Unlike traditionalists, they believe Stalin was actually trying to secure the Soviet Union rather than plan a communist takeover. The United States was unaware of this, thus creating the suspicion and confusion between the countries. Post-revisionist John Lewis Gaddis supports this in his novel, The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, stating that conflict caused by “mutual misunderstanding, reactivity, and America’s inability to understand Stalin 's fears and need to defend himself after the war” caused the war.3 Understanding that the Cold War was the result of miscommunications that were beyond control of the United States and the Soviet Union is key to the post-revisionists
The group of people that blame neither the United States or the Soviet Union for the Cold War are called post-revisionists. Post-revisionists claim that with the amount of power the two countries held in Europe post World War II, it was inevitable for mutual suspicions and misunderstandings to not rise. Unlike traditionalists, they believe Stalin was actually trying to secure the Soviet Union rather than plan a communist takeover. The United States was unaware of this, thus creating the suspicion and confusion between the countries. Post-revisionist John Lewis Gaddis supports this in his novel, The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, stating that conflict caused by “mutual misunderstanding, reactivity, and America’s inability to understand Stalin 's fears and need to defend himself after the war” caused the war.3 Understanding that the Cold War was the result of miscommunications that were beyond control of the United States and the Soviet Union is key to the post-revisionists