Compare and contrast Roosevelt's and Truman's attitudes toward Stalin and the Soviet Union. To what extent was Truman's potential influence over the Soviet's economy constrained by wartime realities?

Both considered the Soviet Union a threat to freedom. Still Roosevelt was willing to work with Stalin. Stalin in turn supported the establishment of the United Nations. In Truman’s case, he saw a need to increase the role of the United States in policing the world from the threat posed by Communism.