Question

Use the quote below to answer the following question:

"World politics was an extension of Soviet politics, which was in turn an extension of Stalin's preferred personal environment: a zero-sum game, in which achieving security for one meant depriving everyone else of it." --Lewis Gaddis, American historian

Based on the above quote, it can be determined that Gaddis believes that A. Stalin believed that security for the Soviet Union meant less security for others B. Stalin thought security for all was achievable and a good goal C. world politics did not match Stalin's personal preferences D. the Warsaw Pact was a union of one

Answer 1

A) Stalin believed that security for the Soviet Union meant less security for others

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Answer 2

The correct Answer is A) Stalin believed that security for the Soviet Union meant less security for others

Step-by-step explanation:

John Lewis Gaddis is a renowned Pulitzer Prize winning professor at Yale University teaching military and Navel history.

He believed that the Soviet Union's whole strategy was dependent on one person and what that person wanted alone. Unlike the United States with a representative Congress and military officers, the Soviet was a dictatorship and it was Stalin's belief that to secure Soviet Union's security, there needs to be trouble abroad.

That is why he further stated that the Cold War as started because of Stalin and if there was anyone else in power, other than him, things might have been different.