Question

historians have debated at length the question of who caused the cold war, but without shedding much light on the subject. too often they view that event exclusively as a series of actions by one side and reactions by the other... men as well as circumstances make foreign policy, and through such drastic expedients as war, appeasement, or resignation, policy - makers can always alter difficult situations in which they find themselves... the cold war grew out of a complicated interaction of external and internal developments inside both the united states and the soviet union.
source b: excerpts from john lewis gaddis, the united states and the origins of the cold war, 1941 - 1947 (1972), pp. 359 - 361.
according to historian john gaddis, who/what was to blame for the start of the cold war?
○ the soviet unions defensive and aggressive acts.
○ the united states foreign policy.
○ neither side is wholly guilty or innocent; both the soviet union and united states are equally to blame.
○ i dont know yet.

Explanation:

John Lewis Gaddis argues against framing the Cold War as one side's actions and the other's reactions. He states it grew from a complex interaction of internal and external developments in both the U.S. and Soviet Union, meaning neither side is fully innocent or guilty, and both share blame.

Answer:

Neither side is wholly guilty or innocent; both the Soviet Union and United States are equally to blame.