Part one of term paper
The Cold War was the result of Stalin adopting a policy contrary to the Yalta Agreement. Certainly to many supporters of the Orthodox view, this statement will appear rather obvious. In their view, the origins of the Cold War, however, do not essentially lie in the aftermath of Yalta, but in the inevitable clash of capitalism and communism. T ...

Part two of term paper
... a matter of fact, the distrust between the two powers has its early origins in the Russian Civil War, where the Western Allies of World War One sent in supplies and men to help the anti-Bolshevik "Whites" defeat the Red Army. This was seen as an attempt to destroy communism in its early years and deeply resented by the Bolsheviks. The Second World War changed the situation. When Hitler launched "Operation Barbarossa", it was estimated that Russia would be defeated within weeks, months at latest. C ...