Stalin's harsh rule during the Cold War led to increased criticism and suspicion at local and international levels and raised concern for containment officials in the United States. His communist world of censorship in Eastern Europe created many conflicts with western democracy and made many fear of his future aggressive attempts to gain more power. Stalin himself was an authoritative mastermind that teetered on the brink of insanity, and his actions through the Cold War …showed first 75 words of 1347 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1347 total…his own life. If history has taught one lesson, it's that power is corrupting and absolute power is absolutely corrupting. History has seen its share of maniacal, totalitarian leaders, but Stalin is distinctive in so many rights, especially in the way of his executions. This elucidates how Stalin's harsh rule during the Cold War led to increased criticism and suspicion at local and international levels which raised concern for containment officials in the United States.