This week we are going to participate in a debate. Since our readings are based the Cold War, we will take a look at Stalin and the Cold War. The debate is from Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues In World Civilizations – “Was Stalin Responsible for the Cold War?”

Those in the Yes group will read John Lewis Gaddis piece from his book We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History to defend your point.

Those in the “No” group will read Martin J. Sherwin’s excerpt “The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War” in Melvyn Leffler and David Painter’s Origins of the Cold War: An International History to defend your point.

**I will be in the “No” group**