Truman And Stalin Relationship Essay

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Before Truman, we had Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. However, closer to the end of WW2 Roosevelt died, leaving Vice-President Truman to take his place. The US and the USSR relationship was built with Stalin and Roosevelt, however when Truman took his place this relationship began harder to upheld. Stalin was comfortable with working with Roosevelt, and his first impression of Truman was his strong stance toward a capitalist economy and a democratic government, both opposing Stalin's views. “Stalin [had] anticipated rougher modes of deliberation on world affairs”(pg 468) in relation to Truman. This shows that while Stalin had appreciated the relationship that the USSR had with the US, he was not looking forward to relationship with Truman, someone who was very against what Stalin believed in. Beginning a relationship with this negative base, is setting it up to fail. So when both Truman and Stalin had already decided this was someone who I needed to keep a relation with and not who I wanted; they were only holding onto this relationship as long as they needed to, to end WW2. While the Soviet Union had the army to …show more content…

This was the Atomic Bomb that was dropped into Japan, by the US. While this action was thoroughly supported it was this action that Stalin had hoped would introduce him as the most dominant in this powerful relationship. That said it was still the US who had the money and the resources to drop this bomb. Truman took this moment in history and dropped the bomb becoming the man who ended the second world war. Understanding Truman’s contribution to the end of the war, however there is no evidence that “to indicate an appreciation of Truman’s talents”(pg 480), or his additions to the war. This is significant because it shows us how Stalin had underappreciated Truman, and how he had hoped he would have a more important impact on the war, and have a larger role in the

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