Assignment task:
Ch. 1 in the Zubok/Pleshakov book Zubok, V., & Pleshakov, K. (1996). Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to Khrushchev (up to p. 27) delves into Stalin's mind and worldview and how that affected his foreign policy. What aspects of his character or his view of the world or the role of socialism in the world do you feel had a particular influence on his foreign policy and relations with Western powers? YOU MUST provide parenthetical page number references to the specifics you are including.