4) The Marshall Plan was interpreted by the Kremlin as a calculated attempt to weaken soviet security interests. 3) Stalin's 1946 speech to the Supreme Soviet warnig of a possible future war against capitalism to justify introducing the 5 Year Plans was perceived to the US as a threat of war. Communism in China (1949)- the Soviet had limited support for Mao seeing him more as a rival than an ally. The US ignored evidence showing the Soviets actions were defensive not expansionist. 2) The US assumed the communist ideology, not security, was the driving force behind the Soviet's foreign policies. ![]() the Stalinisation of Eastern Europe was to safeguard the SU but the US interpreted it as a desire to dominate. Post-Revisionist 1) Stalin's defensive actions were seen as aggressive and expansionist. This shows Russia's ongoing desire to increase their influence and territory. he was continuing Russians 19th Century policy of empire building. Stalin acted as a 'Red Tsar' by seeking to extend the soviets borders and influence. 4) Stalin's foreign policy was essentially a continuation of traditional expansionist objectives made by the Tsarist Empire not the global spreading of Communism. ![]() 2) US-Russian rivalry pre-dates to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, rivalry wasn't initially based on capitalism-communism differences but emerged due to both powers wanting to extend their political and economic influence into the same area (Asia) 3) Geographic inevitability: expansionism of US and Russian political and economic influence made conflict between the two powers unavoidable regardless of their ideologies. This is because Russia had been invaded in 1606, 1812, 1915, 19. ![]() 1) Soviet foreign policy was driven by a deeply ingrained traditional Russian sense of fear and insecurity, which encouraged defensive expansionism.
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