How did the transition toward peace after World War II reflect the initial tensions of the Cold War? ...

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the Cold War as the battle-less fight between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over political and international control of other nations and resources from World War II to the collapse of the Soviet state in the early 1990s.
2. Note that immediately after World War II, the U.S. entered into a Cold War crisis regarding the division of Berlin, and the Soviet walling-off of part of the city under its control. The Berlin Wall would remain in place until 1991.
3. Note that the U.S. after World War II created a Berlin Airlift that rescued the western portion of the city from communist takeover and starvation.
4. Conclude that Truman and Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, continued to clash over the buildup of nuclear weapons and the creation of satellite states surrounding the Soviet Union.