IntroductionIn my essay, I would like to examine the idea that the Cold War was an inevitable event or an event that could have been avoided. The end of World War II was the key element, as it created a freshly created world, in which the United States and the USSR faced off like two superpowers trying to outdo each other. Another important factor was their nature, which I would like to examine more closely from the USSR point of view and of course from the American point of view. I consider it vital to understand the nature of the two countries to understand the full meaning of the Cold War, because there is no clear definition whether the Cold War was an inevitable event or not. Both sides will blame each other for the increased tension in Europe that lasted over 45 years, but the truth is that there is no clear culprit, it all depends on your point of view and in this essay, I will present my views and opinions on this topic. I would also like to mention why there was no Cold War after WWI, as the situation was similar. In the final part of my essay, I would like to present the main arguments and actions that took place and led directly to the outbreak of the Cold War itself. Contradictions between the USSR and the USA (Allies) during World War IIWhen World War II was at its peak At first, the USSR's relations with the USA were not really good, this was due to mainly to the fact that the USSR had signed the non-aggression pact with Germany called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which, apart from the friendly foreign policy, also included an economic agreement, which committed the Soviet Union to supply raw materials , oil, gas and foodstuffs to Germany in exchange...... middle of paper ......th 20th century and beyond. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2008. 216-242. Friedman, Norman. The Fifty Years' War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2000. Howard, Michael and William Roger Louis. "Part III. The Cold War." The History of Oxford in the 20th Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. 151-202. Print.LaFeber, Walter. America, Russia and the Cold War, 1945-1966. New York: Wiley, 1967. Saull, Richard. “Building a Post-War Order: The Rise of American Hegemony and the Origins of the Cold War (London: IB Tauris, 2011), 327 pages. » Cold War History 13, no. 4 (2013): 566-567. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2013.849022 (accessed May 3, 2014). Veselý, Zdeněk. “Poválečné období a studená válka.” In Dějiny mezinárodních vztahů. 2nd edition ed. Plzen: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007. 334-438.