Answer to Question #263073 in History for JackD

Question

1.    Why was it important to Stalin to note how many Soviet citizens and soldiers died during WWII?

2.    Describe the United States’ role in the Italian elections of 1948.

3.    What arguments does Stalin use to respond to Churchill’s "Iron Curtain" speech?

Answer 1

History Questions

At the end of world war, Stalin had an aim to claim a position in world affairs and create a soviet empire. It would have created security for the Soviet Union and aided in communism expansion. Therefore, the number of the Soviet citizens and soldiers who lost their lives during the battle was important to him for political and personal gains (Falk & Hildebolt, 2017).

The United States had a political role in the Italian election of 1948. Their intervention led to the development of their foreign policy. The United States brought intervention during the wars to experiment with their national security mechanisms that helped in political operations. However, people claim there has been no documentation of these activities in either English or Italian languages since the mid-1970s (Laffler, 2017).  

Joseph Stalin used certain words and arguments to respond to Churchill's speech. First, he denounced it warmongering and called the English-speaking world imperialism and racism acts (Larres, 2018).

References

Falk, D., & Hildebolt, C. (2017). Annual war deaths in small-scale versus state societies scale with population size rather than violence. Current Anthropology, 58(6), 805-813.

Larres, K. (2018). Churchill's 'Iron Curtain'Speech in Context: The Attempt to Achieve a 'Good Understanding on All Points' with Stalin's Soviet Union. The International History Review, 40(1), 86-107.

Leffler, M. (2017). 4. The American Conception of National Security and the Beginnings of the Cold War, 1945–1948 (pp. 117-163). Princeton University Press.