History. The term revisionism has been used in a number of contexts to refer to different revisions (or claimed revisions) of Marxist theory. Those who opposed Karl Marx’s revolution through his lens of a violent uprising and sought out more peaceful, electoral means for a socialist revolution are known as revisionists …

Historical negationism, sometimes called “historical revisionism” or “revisionist history”, the distortion of the historical record such that certain events appear to have occurred and/or impacted history in a way that is in drastic disagreement with the historical record and/or consensus, and usually meant to advance …

It usually involves challenging the orthodox (established, accepted or traditional) views held by professional scholars about an historical event or time-span or phenomenon, introducing contrary evidence, or reinterpreting the motivations and decisions of the people involved.

If you describe a person or their views as revisionist, you mean that they reject traditionally held beliefs about a particular historical event or events. Revisionist history must be challenged by historical research.

The Orthodox school Orthodox views of the Cold War emerged among historians in the United States and other Western nations in the early 1950s. This perspective is also known as the ‘Traditional view’. Broadly speaking, Orthodox historians attribute the outbreak of the Cold War to Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union.

The orthodox view places responsibility on the USSR for the development of the Cold War whereas the revisionist view argues that the hostilities developed as a result of reacting to one another’s actions. Mastny also emphasises the role of security and how the USSR’s perception of the past shaped their future policies.

The Orthodox view or the traditional view of the Cold War was that the Soviets were responsible for it. advocated the need of urgency and importance to implement communism throughout the world. presented the Orthodox view include W.H Mc Neill and H. Feis.

The soviet union were thought to be at fault for starting the cold war by many historians at the time of the cold war. The reason for this is because the Soviet Union were known to be infiltrating liberated countries and forcing communism upon them which aggravated the western powers.

The Cold War was caused by the social climate and tension in Europe at the end of World War II and by the increasing power struggles between the Soviet Union [and the United States]. Economic separation between the Soviets and the west also heightened tensions, along with the threat of nuclear war.

The Soviet Union or Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (U.S.S.R) was a Communist state that existed in the last century, between 1922 and 1991. At that time, it was the largest country in the world, spread over two continents, Asia and Europe, and eleven time zones.

The Nazis wouldn’t have won in American hadn’t entered WW2. They would have won if the Russians didn’t. I think the only thing you can say for certain is if the USA had not sent troops then it would have been a much longer war. Britain would have held the Germans at bay until Hitler attacked the Russians in 1941.