Was The Cold War Inevitable

There is a debate among historians about whether or not the Cold War was inevitable. Some argue that despite their alliance during World War II (WWII), the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) had conflicting ideologies and postwar plans in Europe such that the Cold War was inevitable. However, there is evidence to support that the Cold War was not inevitable. Roosevelt and Churchill’s commitment to the Big Three, Stalin’s actual goals after WWII, and the Soviet position on the inevitability of war all show that the heated tensions between the US and USSR were avoidable. Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill had a commitment to the Big Three that could have prevented the Cold War. However, after Churchill’s death, “What finally broke