The Cold War: (Access to History for the IB Diploma)

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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

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