Historiography

ORTHODOX/TRADTIONALIST:

• mainly views represent the west
• many historians see the Cold War as a product of the agressive and expansionist USSR
• the Soviet government was hostile to the west
• the historians were; W.H McNeil, H. Feis, A. Schlesinger
• these notions continued until the 1970s

REVISIONIST:

• believes that the Cold War was a result of the provactive actions of the USA rather than the Soviets
• this approach views Stalin's actions as defensive
• historians include William A…