IBDP History Paper 2: The Cold War
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This guide offers a comprehensive review of IBDP History Paper 2, Topic 12, The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries. It focuses on the central themes of the syllabus, using questions to prepare you to successfully use your knowledge to maximise your marks in the exam. Coverage includes: the course of the Cold War from the alliances of WWII to the Fall of Communism in 1991; the impact of significant leaders from different regions; the effect of Cold War tensions on particular countries; and case studies of pivotal crises. Key features: guidance on interpreting command terms and different styles of question; Essay Templates for structuring exam responses; margin boxes for essential concepts, critical thinking questions, and exam tips; chapter-end exercises, with suggestions on methodology; timelines to help contextualise events; and annotated further reading list.
Syllabus Relevance
How to Use This Study Guide
List of Essay Outlines
Essay Guidance
Credits/Acknowledgements
1. The Breakdown of the Grand Alliance and the Emergence of Superpower Rivalry in Europe and Asia (1943-1949)
Overview
Two Different Ideologies
Marxism-Leninism versus Liberalism and Market Economy, i.e., the Ideologies
Tension between the USSR and the US before WWII
In What Way Did WWII Contribute to the Cold War?
Events from WWII That Soured the Relationship between the US and the USSR
Casablanca, January 1943
The Cairo Conference, November 1943
The Tehran Conference, November and December 1943
Yalta, February 1945
Potsdam, July 1945
Historiography
1946: The Disintegration of the Wartime Alliance
1947: The Truman Doctrine-The Official Start of the Cold War?
1948: Rising Tension
Cold War Crisis 1: The Berlin Blockade 1948-1949
1949: The Formation of Two Germanys and NATO. China Turns to Communism
2. Korea, the US, the USSR and China: Superpower Relations (1947-1949), Containment, Peaceful Co-Existence, Sino-Soviet and Sino-US Relations, Detente
1950: The Cold War Ignites the Korean War
Cold War Crisis 2: North Korean Invasion of South Korea 1950
Impact and Significance of the 1950 Crisis
Impact and Significance of the Korean War
Two Cold War Leaders
The Cold War 1953-1964: Confrontation and Detente
Time for Detente (Lessening of Tension)? The New Russian Leadership after Stalin
The Eisenhower Administration and the New Look
The Non-Aligned Movement
Cold War Crisis 3: Hungary 1956
Impact and Significance of the Hungarian Uprising
Cold War Crisis 4: The Suez Crisis 1956
The Effects of the Suez Crisis
Cold War Crisis 5: Berlin 1958-1961
Impact and Significance of the Berlin Crisis
Cold War Crisis 6: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Cold War Crisis 7: The Congo Crisis 1960-1964
The War in Indochina
Cold War Crisis 8: The Prague Spring 1968
Impact and Consequences of the Prague Spring
3. Detente
Overview
The Indochina and Vietnam Wars, 1946-1975
The Indochina War, 1946-1954
Course of Events
How Did the Cold War Affect the Great Powers at Geneva?
The Vietnam War
How Did the Vietnam War Affect the 1970s?
Why Was There a Period of Detente in the Late 1960s and 1970s?
Examples of Detente 1968-1979
Ostpolitik
The Decline of Detente
What Challenged Detente in the 1970s? The Middle East
Africa
The Emergence of the New Right
Afghanistan
To the USSR, Afghanistan Had Far-Reaching Consequences
4. The Coming of the Second Cold War and the Collapse of the USSR
Overview
The Background: Economic Stagnation during Brezhnev but an Increase of Military Spending
Carter's policies
1979: A Turning Point
Ronald Reagan and his Systematic Challenge
Soviet Problems
Gorbachev and the Fall of Communism
Historiography
5. Germany, China, Vietnam and Cuba during the Cold War
How was Germany Affected by the Cold War?
How was China Affected by the Cold War?
How was Vietnam Affected by the Cold War?
How was Cuba Affected by the Cold War?
6. The Nuclear Arms Race and the Major Arms Agreement
What were the Main Events in the Arms Race 1945-1991?
Further Reading
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.01.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 297 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910689-30-0 / 1910689300 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910689-30-1 / 9781910689301 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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