The conventional, or “orthodox,” view of cold war history holds whom or what most responsible for beginning this conflict?
A) Truman and his aggressive policies
B) American economic imperialism
C) Stalin's quest for world domination
D) mistakes and overreactions by both the United States and the Soviet Union
E) the collapse of British and French power at the end of World War II
Answer: C) Stalin's quest for world domination
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