The Cynical Historian

What caused the Cold War? ProjectMAD (2021x32)

Air date: Jul 16, 2021

The Cold War defined the half century following WWII. Historians have argued its origin for decades. There is no clear answer. It all depends on not only how you define the Cold War and its beginning, but also your entire historical perspective. Are you a triumphal nationalist (orthodoxy), a condemning activist (revisionism), see a false dichotomy here (post-revisionism), or even go beyond such modern categorizations? Answering why the Cold War started defines how you see international politics today. Project MAD playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXW18I7joPDPXmfL1zepBNv ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata since they can't fit here - but here is my paper on the British decision to intervene into the Russian Civil War: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ry4Uvv4ikeXJSWvyS0cpHcVHDFejHPUzB--euXWZgOc/edit?usp=sharing ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: state rivalries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVUfT9O-wI-T5W2ZCRCGcTL Great Depression lecture: https://youtu.be/tI6V2vKiXcM WWII lecture: https://youtu.be/hQZSAbiK2Cs Cold War lecture: https://youtu.be/m4Dfe-gn_Fs Russian Intervention: https://youtu.be/1mC1bmzbgxY Aftermath of WWI: https://youtu.be/G3vKUgoTghg 1919 Red Scare: https://youtu.be/S4Pi2nYcYNw nuclear near misses: https://youtu.be/mVIFmAae_8w Afghanistan causation: https://youtu.be/7Nwe0ehW2nY 2nd Great Awakening lecture: https://youtu.be/0AwHLRqX3Qk United States Postal Service: https://youtu.be/xu2RyBVC-Gk Orthodoxy vs Revisionism: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://