Was the United States Responsible For the Development of the Cold War? The events that led up to the Cold War shows that the Soviet Union, not the United States, was responsible for the development of the Cold War. There were many ideological differences between the two superpowers. The Soviet Union wanted a weak Germany and a communist government. The United States and there allies wanted a democratic government and a strong Germany. The United …showed first 75 words of 520 total…

…showed last 75 words of 520 total…of the Cold War. As we can see, the United States only reacted to the Soviet Union's extreme force of aggressions in the post war years. The Soviet Union attempted to spread communism across all of Europe which led to the "Iron Curtain". They also weakened Germany's economy and blocked Berlin from getting supplies. They showed true aggression towards the allies. The Soviet Union was a supreme cause in the development of the Cold War.