1. 2Revisionists like Kolko argue that the Cold War could not have been avoided because policymakers in both the Roosevelt and Truman administrations were planning to expand the American empire after the war. I see a real difference between the policies of the two administrations.
2. 5Cantril (ed.). Public Opinion , 370 ; "Some Preliminary Indications of U.S. Attitudes Towards Our Allies - Britain, Russia, and China," National Opinion Research Center report, March 9, 1942, EW107; "The American Public Views Our Russian Ally," NORC report, June 10, 1943, EW132.