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Part I: The Cold War, 1945–1989
Superpower foreign policy after 1945, the growth of international tension, the development of the policy of detente, and the end of the Cold War in Europe in 1989.
Themes: ideology, conflict and diplomacy.
Key issues and description of content
1 An evaluation of the reasons for the emergence of the Cold War, up to 1955.
- tensions within the wartime alliance
- arms race
- ideological differences
- disagreements over the future of Germany
- crisis over Korea
2 An assessment of the effectiveness of Soviet policy in controlling Eastern Europe, up to 1961.
- Khrushchev’s policies of de-Stalinisation
- Soviet reactions to events in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Berlin (1961)
3 An evaluation of the reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
- Castro’s victory in Cuba
- US foreign policy
- Khrushchev’s domestic position
- Khrushchev’s view of Kennedy
- arms race
4 An evaluation of the reasons why the US lost the war in Vietnam.
- difficulties faced by US military
- strengths of North Vietnam
- weaknesses of South Vietnam
- changing public opinion in the USA
- international isolation of the USA
5 An evaluation of the reasons why the superpowers attempted to manage the Cold War, 1962–79.
- danger of Mutually Assured Destruction
- dangers of military conflict as seen in the
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- economic cost of arms race
- development of surveillance technology
- development of detente
6 An evaluation of the reasons for the end of the Cold War.
- defeat of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan
- failure of Communism in Eastern Europe
- economic differences between East and
- West
- role of Gorbachev
- role of Reagan
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