... needs to be examined as well as economic and territorial considerations and differences in ideology in the origins of the Cold War. Traditional historians place the blame for the Cold War firmly on Soviet Russia's shoulders. John Lukacs points out that "Stalin's main aim was to establish together with the reduction of Germany, his control over most of Eastern Europe". He says of Stalin's demands for territory in Eastern Europe that "the United States did not face the situation until it was too late, until the Russians were in possession of more territory than her allies...here was the source of the Cold War."1 The Red Army's victory in Stalingrad in early 1943 signified a shift in the military balance in Stalin's favour. It soon became apparent that with the strength of his army he would be able to impose his will on Eastern Europe. By the time of the Yalta Conference ...

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