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The Cold War David Williamson

The Cold War By David Williamson

The Cold War by David Williamson


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Ensure your students have access to the authoritative, in-depth and accessible content of this series for the IB History Diploma.

The Cold War Summary

The Cold War by David Williamson

Ensure your students have access to the authoritative, in-depth and accessible content of this series for the IB History Diploma. This series for the IB History Diploma has taken the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of our best-selling Access to History series and tailor-made it to better fit the IB learner's needs. Each title in the series provides depth of content, focussed on specific topics in the IB History guide, and examination guidance on different exam-style questions - helping students develop a good knowledge and understanding of the topic alongside the skills they need to do well. - Ensures students gain a good understanding of the IB History topic through an engaging, in-depth, reliable and up-to-date narrative - presented in an accessible way. - Helps students to understand historical issues and examine the evidence, through providing a wealth of relevant sources and analysis of the historiography surrounding key debates. - Gives students guidance on answering exam-style questions with model answers and practice questions

About David Williamson

David Williamson is a retired Head of History. He has written several texts for AS and A2, and undergraduate level.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 What you will study 2 How you will be assessed 3 About the book Chapter 1 The origins of the Cold War, 1917-45 1 The ideology of the Cold War 2 The Soviet Union and the Western powers, 1917-41 3 The Grand Alliance, 1941-45 4 The liberation of Europe, 1943-45 5 The Yalta Conference, February 1945 Examination advice, practice and activities Chapter 2 From wartime allies to post-war enemies, 1945-47 1 Transition from war to fragile peace, 1945-46 2 Germany, June 1945-April 1947 3 The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan 4 The 'Iron Curtain' 5 Key debate: Did the US or the USSR start the Cold War, 1945-47? Examination advice, practice and activities Chapter 3 The division of Germany and Europe, 1948-52 1 The division of Germany 2 Western European rearmament 3 The consolidation of the rival blocs Examination advice, practice and activities Chapter 4 The spread of communism in Asia, 1945-54 1 Japan and the Cold War, 1945-52 2 The Chinese Civl War 3 The Korean War, 1950-53 4 Indochina, 1945-54 Examination advice, practice and activities Chapter 5 From detente to the Berlin Wall, 1953-61 1 The thaw, 1953-55 2 The emergence of the Third World and the Non-Aligned Movement 3 1956: The year of crises 4 The aftermath of the Hungarian and Suez Crises, 1957-58 5 The Berlin Crisis, 1958-61 Examination advice, practice and activities Chapter 6 The global Cold War, 1960-78 1 The Sino-Soviet split 2 The Congo Crisis, 1960-65 3 The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 4 Vietnam, 1954-75 5 The Cold War in the Middle East, 1957-79 6 The Cold War in Africa, 1964-79 Examination advice, practice and activities Chapter 7 The politics of detente, 1963-79 1 US-Soviet relations, 1963-72 2 Detente in Europe, 1963-69 3 Ostpolitik 4 Helsinki Accords and SALT II, 1975-79 Examination advice, practice and activities Chapter 8 The end of the Cold War 1 'New Cold War', 1976-85 2 Mikhail Gorbachev and renewed detente, 1985-89 3 The collapse of communism in eastern Europe, 1989-90 4 Collapse of the USSR Examination advice, practice and activities Glossary Timeline Further reading Internal assessment

Additional information

GOR006737110
9781444156478
1444156470
The Cold War by David Williamson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder Education
20130222
328
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