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Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Conflict and Tension between East and West 19451972 Revision Guide
Aaron Wilkes, Tim Williams
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Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Conflict and Tension between East and West 19451972 Revision Guide
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This Conflict and Tension between East and West 19451972 Revision Guide Kindle edition is part of the popular Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1) series. Written by our original author team to match the new AQA specification, this guide covers exactly what your students require to succeed in the Paper 1 Conflict and Tension between East and West Wider World Depth Study exams.
- Recap key events of the Cold War with clear visual diagrams and brief points
- Apply knowledge with targeted revision activities that tests basic comprehension, then apply understanding towards exam-style questions
- Review and track revision with progress checklists, suggested activity answers and Exam Practice sections
- Step-by-step exam guidance based on the popular 'How to' student book feature
- Examiner Tip features most up-to-date expert advice and identifies common exam mistakes
- Boost student confidence on all AQA GCSE Conflict and Tension question types with revision activities such as Source Analysis and How Far Do You Agree
- Perfect for use alongside the Student Book and Kerboodle, or as a stand-alone resource for independent revision.
This revision guide helps your students Recap, Apply, and Review their way towards exam success.

Language
English
ISBN
9780198432890
Contents
Introduction to this Revision Guide
Top revision tips
Master your exam skills
How to master source questions
How to master ‘how useful are the sources’ questions
How to master ‘write an account’ questions
How to master ‘how far do you agree’ questions
AQA GCSE History mark schemes
Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945–1972 Timeline
Part one: The origins of the Cold War
1 The end of the Second World War
Contrasting ideologies of the USA and USSR
The Yalta Conference, February 1945, the aims of Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt
The division of Germany
The Potsdam Conference, July 1945, the aims of Atlee, Truman and Stalin, and the impact of the atomic bomb
2 The Iron Curtain and the evolution of East-West rivalry
Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe
The Truman Doctrine, 1947, and the Marshall Plan
Stalin’s reactions: Cominform and Comecon, and Yugoslavia: a problem for Stalin
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948–49
3 The significance of events in Asia for superpower relations
The Communist revolution in China, 1949
The Korean War 1950–53
The Vietnam War
Part two: The development of the Cold War
4 Military rivalries
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
The space race
The arms race
5 The ‘thaw’
The Hungarian Uprising, 1956
The effects on the Cold War
The U2 Crisis and the Paris Peace Summit, 1960
Part three: Transformation of the Cold War
6 The Berlin Wall
The Berlin problem, and the Berlin Wall
Kennedy and Berlin
7 Tensions over Cuba
Castro’s revolution, and the Bay of Pigs, 1961
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
The consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis
8 Czechoslovakia
Dubcˇek and the Prague Spring movement, 1968, and the challenge for Brezhnev
The Soviet invasion and its effects on East-West relations, and the Brezhnev Doctrine
9 An easing of tension
Sources of tension, and détente
Exam practice: Source analysis questions
Exam practice: ‘Write an account’ question
Exam practice: ‘How far do you agree’ question
Activity answers guidance
Glossary
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