Why did the cold war start?

a. at the end of world war ii, the soviet union and the united states competed for global influence and power.

b. at the start of world war ii, hitler's pact with stalin forced the united states to attack the soviets before they joined the allies.

c. at the end of world war ii, stalin believed that the united states and other western democracies were preparing to attack.

d. at the end of the korean war, the soviet union believed the united states had successfully stopped the spread of communism in asia.

The correct answer is A.

During the Cold War era, there were two world superpowers competing for global power and supremacy

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trumans defeat to eisenhower in the 1948 elections was due to trumans approach and handling of the cold war and the war in korea. trumans approach to communism during the cold war was the principle reason for his defeat. eisenhowers reputation and name as the supreme allied commander in europe during world war two and his campaign slogan that he ''would go to korea if elected'' won him the presidency.