>>Yes.. He did fear the west esspecially since the USA had atomic power. And the US did not have to go alone, it would take its allies with them (The US asked the dutch to ally with them in the korean war, so this is not imaginary).
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>Hah! post-war, austere, bankrupt Britain was going to hang on to Uncle Sam's coat-tails and invade russia! Don't make me laugh!

Terry, again, its is not about the inmediate post war, but the medium and long term outlook after the war. In the eyes of the russian, the west was a real threat to stalins politics.

Again, see the articles.


Walter,