In discussions of the causes of the Cold War, a controversial question has been the question: who caused the Cold War? On the one hand, mainstream historians argue that the leaders of the Soviet Union are to blame. On the other hand, revisionists claim that the fault lies with Western leaders. Others even argue that Western and Soviet leaders are equally responsible for the development of the Cold War. My view is that Western leaders were responsible for protecting the democratic values ​​we enjoy today, while the ideology of Soviet leaders, their aggressive and expansionist intrusions were primarily responsible for the development of the Cold War. World War II ended in 1945, leaving the Soviet Union controlling large areas of Eastern Europe and the Western Allies controlling the West. As the Allies restored democracy in the West, the Soviets began to turn countries occupied by the Red Army into Soviet satellites controlling Moscow. Unfortunately, the consolidation and threat of communist rule, as well as Stalin's threatening expansion into Eastern Europe, aroused distrust and suspicion. Tensions were exacerbated by ideological differences between the two sides of the “iron curtain”. On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, known as the "Iron Curtain." In his speech, he revealed what he believed to be the true intentions of the Soviet leaders. Hoping for peaceful reconciliation with the Russians, Churchill said: "We welcome Russia to her rightful place among the leading nations of the world." " However, based on events in Eastern Europe, he believed that Soviet intentions were not solely related to security. but rather an expansion... middle of article...... War, 1941-1947 (2000), (ch. 10: To the Truman Doctrine: Implementation of the New Policy), 316-352. [electronic resource] Charles S. Maier, “Hegemony and Autonomy in the Western Alliance,” in Melvyn P. Leffler and David S. Painter (eds.) The Origins of the Cold War. An International History (2002), 154-174. [electronic resource] John Kent, “British Politics and the Origins of the Cold War” in Melvyn P. Leffler and David S. Painter (eds.) The Origins of the Cold War. An International History (2002), 139-153. [electronic resource]John Lewis Gaddis, We Know Now. Rethinking the History of the Cold War (1997) (Esp. ch. 7: Ideology, Economics and Alliance Solidarity), 189-220. [in Rutherford Library Reserve]Anne Deighton, “The ‘Frozen Front’: The Labor Government, the Division of Germany, and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1947,” International Affairs, 63 (1987), 449-465.