Table of Contents

• AS SECTION: NARRATIVE AND EXPLANATION
• The Cold War in Europe 1945-91
• 1 The seeds of conflict 1941-5
• 2 The Cold War in Europe 1945-50
• 3 The Soviet orbit: eastern Europe 1945-80
• 4 The collapse of Soviet control over eastern Europe 1980-91
• The Cold War in Asia and the Americas 1949-75
• 5 US Foreign policy in the 1950s
• 6 The Korean War 1950-3
• 7 The Vietnam War I: Escalation 1945-68
• 8 The Vietnam War II: US failure and withdrawal 1968-75
• 9 The Cuban Missile Crisis
• AS Assessment
• A2 SECTION: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
• Cold War to Detente 1945-91
• 1 What were the causes of the Cold War?
• 2 What were Stalin's motives for Soviet expansion in Europe?
• 3 Why did East-West relations change between 1948 and 1962?
• 4 What was the nature of the conflict during the Cold War?
• 5 What were the casuses and achievements of Detente?
• 6 Why, and how, did superpower rivalry change between 1979 and 1991?
• Containing communism: the USA in Asia 1945-73
• 7 For what reasons, and with what results did the USA intervene in the Korean War?
• 8 What was the significance of the French withdrawal from South East Asia for the conflict between capitalism and communism?
• 9 By what means, and for what reasons did the USA participate in the Vietnam War?
• 10 What was the response of the American people to the Vietnam War and to what extent did this influence its outcome?
• A2 Assessment

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