McNeill, Herbert Feis, and Thomas Bailey blamed the start of the Cold War on the USSR's resolution to pursue a path of expanding the ideas of communism and a essentially wanting a socialist revolution come alive throughout Eastern Europe and eventually the world. They pointed to evidence of the Soviets objective to support and set up governments in Eastern European countries that reflected not only their communist views, but also the Soviet way of running those governments through a " return to doctrinal belligerence by Russian leaders. ... As the 1950's ended and the world entered t...

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Some would put the blame entirely on the Soviet Union and argue that the Cold War was the result of its aggression - that is the Orthodox theory. ... He wanted to build up Russian control of the Eastern Europe that was seen by the west as an act of aggression. In 1946 Churchill, who had been the UK wartime Prime Minister spoke of an "Iron Curtain" falling across the Eastern Europe in which Russians now controlled many states. That would be the view of the West in the support of the Orthodox theory. ... However, the West saw Soviet occupation in the Eastern Europe as an act of aggression and fe...

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In the late 15th century, the majority Orthodox populated Bosnia and Herzegovina also fell to the Ottoman Turks. ... However, the majority of Albanians and Serbs were still Orthodox Christians, and due to Turkish military victories, began centralizing in and around the city of Belgrade. ...

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