To discuss the origins of the cold war we must take an unbiased stance between the United States and Russia. Russia's political principles were critically opposed to democracy and industrial capitalism and the United States had trouble accepting the simple fact that they could exist. The ideals between these two countries were so different that socialism or communism was simply impossibility for the United States.
When the big three, Churchill, Stalin, and Truman met in Potsdam to discuss the fate of Germany they each had little understanding of the others moral and fundamental background. Churchill understood Stalin much more effectively than did Truman but by being voted out early he wasn't able to apply his needed stance against Stalin.
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