The Cold War
By: by David G. Williamson
Series: Access to history for the IB diploma; Access to history for the IB Diploma
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781444156485; 9781444156478
Subjects: Cold War; Study and teaching (Secondary); Study guides; Examinations; History; International baccalaureate; HISTORY; Modern
Description: This series has taken the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of our best-selling Access to History series and tailor-made it for the History IB Diploma.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Book title; Contents; Introduction; 1 What you will study; 2 How you will be assessed; 3 About this 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; Examination practice; 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; title: 4 The 'Iron Curtain'5 Key debate: Did the US or the USSR start the Cold War, 1945-47; Examination advice; Examination practice; 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; Examination practice; Activities; CHAPTER 4 The spread of communism in Asia, 1945-54; 1 Japan and the Cold War, 1945-52; 2 The Chinese Civil War; 3 The Korean War, 1950-53; 4 Indochina, 1945-54; Examination advice; Examination practice; Activities; title: CHAPTER 5 From détente to the Berlin Wall, 1953-611 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; Examination practice; 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; Examination practice; Activities; title: CHAPTER 7 The politics of détente, 1963-791 US-Soviet relations, 1963-72; 2 Détente in Europe, 1963-69; 3 Ostpolitik; 4 Helsinki Accords and SALT II, 1975-79; Examination advice; Examination practice; Activities; CHAPTER 8 The end of the Cold War; 1 'New Cold War', 1976-85; 2 Mikhail Gorbachev and renewed détente, 1985-89; 3 The collapse of communism in eastern Europe, 1989-90; 4 Collapse of the USSR; Examination advice; Examination practice; Activities; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Timeline; Further reading; Internal assessment; Index; A; title: BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z