This secondary source focuses on the origins of the cold war, and how else the war affected the rest of the world. Kwon explains how there is no official date nor reason the cold war started. Depending on what time frame is examined, the invoker changes back and forth. There are arguments of the cold war starting during right before the Korean war, immediately after World War Two, in 1917 after the Russian Revolution, or even in the 18th century with the rise of European and American powers. Although there is evidence for either the U.S., the Soviet Union, or both contributing to the Cold War, Kwon focuses more on the Soviet Union being the cause. Two sources Kwon shown to support his argument were the “Long Telegram” by George Kennan, and