Included Further reading at the end of each chapter

Included Index: pp. 239 - 242

[1. Introduction] Cold war or Great contest?: Themes (The development and impact of the cold war. The end of the cold war) - Key concepts - Theory of knowledge - IB History and regions of the world - Exam skills needed for IB history - Terminology and definitions - History and changing perspectives.

[2. The nature of the cold war] What is meant by the term cold war: Interpretations of cold war -- What were the main phases of the cold war?: Nature of the cold war - Détente - The rival camps -- What were the main features of the cold war?: The main theories (The Russian menace. US imperialism. West-West conflic theory. Intra-state theory. Class-conflict theory. Superpower theory. The USA - The USSR. Arms race. North-South divide) - Clash of ideologies - myths and realities (The ideals of capitalism and communism. Realities of capitalism. Realities of communism) - Communism and capitalism - similarities and differences - The cold war and the United Nations UN -The Congo, 1960-66 - The Non-Aligned movement and the developing world - Aid - Culture and sporting competition - The arms race (Nuclear weapons. Conventional weapons.) - The space race - Spies and lies - The general public and its fears.

[3. Origins of the cold war] What were the origins of the cold war? Long-term causes, 1917-41: The great contest 1917-28 (Impact of the Bolshevik revolution, november 1917. Early conflicts 1918-21. Soviet weakness and isolation in the 1920s. How real was the threat of Soviet communism before 1928?) - Antagonism and cooperation, 1929-41 (Ideology and realpolitik. The riga axioms. Cooperations and the second world war. The grand alliance) -- Why did the cold war begin? (Short-term causes, 1942-45): The second front - The Tehran conference, november 1943 - The percentages agreement, 1944 - The quest for security in 1944-45 - Breakdown of the grand alliance 1944-45 (Germany. Poland and Eastern Europa) - Economic reconstruction (The US atomic bomb) -- Who was to blame for the cold war?: Orthodox view - Revisionist view - Post-revisionist view - The role of individuals.

[4. The first cold war 1946-56] How far was 1946 a turning point?: The growing divide 1946-47 - Kennan's long telegram - Economic crisis in Western Europe 1946-47 -- How important were the Truman doctrine and the Marshall plan?: Containment and the Truman doctrine - The Marshall plan -- What were the main points of tension in Europa from 1947 to 1949?: The cold war deepens, 1947-49 - The Soviet takeover of Eastern Europa - Cominform and Zhdanov's two camps speech - Yugoslavia - Sovietisation and the peoples democracies - Germany and the problem of reparations - The creation of Bizonia and Trizonia - The 1948 crisis in Berlin - the Berlin blockade -- How did the first cold war develop in Europe from 1949 to 1953?: US perceptions of the Soviet threat - Military developments and the formation of NATO - The Soviet reaction - The nuclear arms race - Stalin's foreign policy 1949-53 - The stalinisation of Eastern Europe - Attempts to limit cold war polarisation - The impact of the Korean war -- What attitude did the US take to communism in China before 1949?: Early Soviet involvement - US involvement in China before 1949 -- How did the communist victory in China in 1949 affect the cold war?: Impact on the US - McCarthyism and anti-communist hysteria - NSC-68 -- To what extent was the Korean war caused by cold war factors?: The Korean war as a nationalist civil war - The role of the US - The role of the Sovier Union - The role of communist China - The role of North Korea - US strategy and the importance of Japan - The defensive perimeter -- What was the immediate impact of the Korean War 1950-53?: NSC-68 and the US response - The course of the war - The involvement of communist China - The US and the nuclear option -- What was the significance of the Korean war for the cold war?: The US and NSC-68 - The communist bloc.

[5. Fluctuating relations 1953-68] To what extent did relations between the two camps begin to alter in the period 1953-55?: The thaw 1953-55 - Eisenhower and the new look - The continuing cold war problem of Germany -- How far did Khrushchev's peaceful coexistence differ from previous Soviet foreign policy?: The emergence of Khrushchev 1955 - The formation of the Warsaw Pact, 1955 - The Geneva summit, july 1955 - Khrushchev's secret speech, 1956 - Revolt and reform in Poland 1956 - The Suez Crisis, octobre 1956 - The Hungarian revolt 1956 - Sputnik and its impact october 1957 - The second Berlin crisis 1958-61 - Camp David september 1959 - The Paris summit and the U-2 incident, may 1960 - The Vienna summit, june 1961 - The Berlin wall, augusto 1961 -- What impact did the fall of Khrushchev have on the cold war?: Khrushchev's fall, october 1964 - Détente and the USA - How significant for east-west relations were events in Czechoslovakia in 1968? - Czechoslovakia and the Prague Spring 1968 - The Warsaw Pact invasion - The Brezhnev doctrine -- Why did the US get involved in Viertnam after 1954?: Containment and the Domino theory - The French and Indo-China - Eisenhower's New Look and Vietnam - The division of Vietnam - The growth of US involvement - The Viet Cong - Kennedy's flexible response -- What impact did Indo-china have on the cold war?: The search for new alliances - China's reactio crises over the Taiwan Straits - The USSR and China - The Sino-Soviet split -- Why did US involvement in Viertnam increase after 1964?: Johnson and escalation - The gulf tonkin and operation rolling thunder - US tactisc - The tet offensive, january 1968 -- What were the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis?: The USA's backyard - The US Latin America and the Caribbean before 1945 - Impact of the cold war - US intervention in Guatemala - The importance of Cuba - Castro's revolution - US reactions to Castro's revolution - The Bay of Pigs 1961 - Cuba and the wider cold war - Impact of the Bay of Pigs - The missile gap and Soviet concerns -- What was the immediate impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis?: Kennedy - statesman or dangerous bungler? - The compromises - Immediate results of the crisis -- What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis for the cold war?: The hotline and the Test-Ban Treaty - Cuba and Latin America.

[6. From Détente to the second cold war 1969-85] Did détente mark the end of the first cold war, or was it merely a new phase?: Détente 1969-76 - Détente and the US - Détente and the USSR - China and the Cold War Triangle - Détente and the Cold War - Summits and arms limitation - SALT I - Europe and détente - The Helsinki Conference and Accord 1973-75 -- Why did a second war begin in 1979?: The decline of détente - Carter and the Democrats - The US and SALT II - The limitations of SALT II - Changes in the US and the developing world -- How did the second cold war differ from the first cold war?: The second cold war - Reagan and the second cold war - Poland - The USSR and Gorbachev -- How did the cold war develop in Africa and the middle east in the 1970s?: The Soviet Union and the middle east - Changing US attitudes - The Soviet Union and Africa -- How did developments in Laitn America and the Caribbean affect the cold war?: The US and Chile - The US in Central America and the Caribbean - Détente after 1974 -- Why did the US decide to withdraw from Vietnam?: Nixon's search for peace -- How important was the US-Sino rapprochement during the 1970s in shaping developments in the cold war?: Rapprochement with China - Ceasefire and withdrawal -- What effect did the Vietnam war have on US foreign policy in the cold war after 1975? -- Was the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan the main reason for the start of the second cold war?: Afghanistan, december 1979.

[7. The end of the cold war 1985-91] What role did Gorbachev play in ending the second cold war?: The significance of Gorbachev - Gorbachev's new thinking -- How significant was the US response and Reagan's role? : First steps, 1985 - The four summits, 1985-88 (Geneva. Reykjavik. Washington. Moscow) - From Reagan to Bush -- How important were Soviet economic problems?: The Gorbachev doctrine -- How important was the collpase of Eastern European regimes in ending the cold war?: The collapse of Eastern Europe, 1988-89 - The events of 1989 (Poland. Hungary. East Germany. Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. Romania) - Collapse of the Soviet bloc - The final act, december 1989-1991 (The Malta summit. Germany) - The collapse of the Soviet Union -- How did Gorbachev help and cold war tensions in Asia the Americas and Africa? -- Was the end of the cold war also the end of the great contest?: The end of history? - Conclusion - US power - The idea of communism.

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