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Joseph Stalin's policies were the main cause of the Cold War.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that Joseph Stalin's policies were the main cause of the Cold War?

Partly. One reference overview says no single party was to blame for the Cold War and some historians consider it inevitable, while a scholarly review notes Stalin's policy toward churches was cautious and non-ideological. Other items show Stalin's expansive ambition and high-level diplomacy in episodes like Korea, but none establishes that his policies were the main cause.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 2 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

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Soviet Involvement in the Korean War: A New View from the Soviet-era Archives
2000
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Soviet Involvement in the Korean War: A New View from the Soviet-era Archives. (2000). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/maghis/14.3.20

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Cold War: Summary, Events, Dates, Start & End | HISTORY
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Cold War: Summary, Events, Dates, Start & End | HISTORY. (n.d.). history.com. https://www.history.com/articles/cold-war-history

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To run the world: the Kremlin's Cold War bid for global power
2025
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To run the world: the Kremlin's Cold War bid for global power. (2025). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf098

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The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII: The Roman Catholic Church and the Division of Europe, 1943-1950, and: Vatikanische Ostpolitik unter Johannes XXIII. und Paul VI. 1958-1978 (review)
2003
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The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII: The Roman Catholic Church and the Division of Europe, 1943-1950, and: Vatikanische Ostpolitik unter Johannes XXIII. und Paul VI. 1958-1978 (review). (2003). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1353/cat.2003.0198

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