Orthodox: o Stalin and Communism were responsible to Cold War o It was expansionist Revisionist: o Emerged from Americans o US didnt realise how weak USSR was and how much stronger they were o Americans had economic boom AND nuclear monopoly o Stalin was just being defensive Post-revisionist: o Cold war = result of mutual misunderstanding and overreactions due to fear from both sides o USSRs need for security o Defensive measures by one power were often seen as offensive by the other