Cold War Historiography 1

Frame of Reference (point of view)

A historian upbringing experiences and social statistics will ineburly influence there view

Interpretation

A crucial ingredient of how history in which historian argues about how an why the event took place

Cold War Historiography

Following world war 2, historian debated on how and why the USA and Soviet Union went from ally to super power and enemy

Orthodox Historians (“the traditionalists”) 1945-1950’s

Historians that blame the Soviet Union for unicating the enamasity between the US and the Soviet Union

Revisionist (1960’s)

Due to the desastirist Vietnam war some historian rebuilt the tradition its and blamed America for its economic and political manipulation

Post Revisionist (1970’s- 80’s)

Moderit historian who analyze both orthodox and revisionists and believed it was both of their fault or neither their fault

Post-Post Revisionists (New Cold War Historians) 1989-1990’s

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian historian is free to interpret the account of Cold War causing to then blame Stalin

Facism

A totalicterian super nationalist party believing in ethnic superiority and elimination of opposition

N.A.Z.I.S (Nationalist Socialist Workers Progressive Party)

German faciz who gain political power and under Adolfo Hitler

Joseph Stalin (R: 1922-1953)

Soviet Union brutal dictator forcing Russian to prepare in fear of Hitler might attack them