• —> 2 leading powers -US & USSR- pitted against
each other on an ideological, economical and political base How and Why CW started ?
• 3 major answers : • —> 2 powers pitted against each other ideologically
• st. approach : Traditionaloists blamed USSR for everything • 2nd approach Revionists (60’s-70’s) underlined CW was fault of US beginning of CW had to do with worldview of US—> not tolerating autonomous system in the world —> it was US not capitalism that did let USSR to be free • rd approach (late s) • —> optimised by leaders like Gaddafi • —> more about systematic exp. • underline CW was inev. bc of bipolar structure of world structure • —> G. bipolarity & postwar weakness have created power vacuum that Share with your friends: