Access to History: The Cold War 1941–95 Fourth Edition
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Description
Contents
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Language
English
ISBN
9781510458284
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Dedication
Introduction: about this book
Chapter 1 Context
1 The international context of the origins of the Cold War
Chapter 2 The origins of the Cold War
1 What was the Cold War?
2 The opposing ideologies of the Cold War
3 The Soviet Union and the Western powers 1917–41
4 Tensions within the Grand Alliance 1941–5
5 The liberation of Eastern and Western Europe 1943–5
6 The Yalta Conference, February 1945
7 The end of the war in Europe
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Chapter 3 The breakdown of the Grand Alliance 1945–7
1 Transition from war to fragile peace 1945–6
2 Germany, June 1945 to April 1947
3 The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan and the Soviet response
4 The ‘iron curtain’: European states 1945–7
5 Key debate
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Chapter 4 Conflict over Germany and consolidation of rival blocs
1 The division of Germany
2 The rearmament of Western Europe 1948–52 and the Soviet response
3 The political and economic consolidation of the rival blocs
4 The ‘Thaw’ 1953–5
5 Key debate
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Chapter 5 The spread of communism in Asias
1 Japan and the Cold War 1945–52
2 The triumph of communism in China 1945–50
3 The Korean War 1950–3
4 South-East Asia 1945–54
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Chapter 6 The Khrushchev era and the ‘Second Cold War’ 1956–62
1 The year of crises: 1956
2 The aftermath of the Hungarian and Suez Crises
3 The Berlin Crisis 1958–61
4 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
5 Assessment: the ‘Second Cold War’
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Chapter 7 The Cold War in the era of détente 1963–75
1 Challenges facing the USSR and USA 1963–72
2 The road to détente 1963–75
3 Ostpolitik
4 The Helsinki Accords
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Chapter 8 The Cold War 1975–91
1 The Cold War in Africa, the Caribbean and South America 1975–83
2 The ‘Third’ or ‘New Cold War’ 1979–85
3 Gorbachev: glasnost and détente 1985–9
4 The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe 1989–95
5 The disintegration of the USSR 1990–1
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Chapter 9 Interpreting the Cold War: a debate
1 Could the Cold War have been avoided?
2 When did the Cold War actually start?
3 The Cold War in Europe
4 Why did the Cold War in Europe last for so long?
5 The Cold War in Asia
6 The Cold War in Africa, the Caribbean and South America
7 Why did the Cold War end?
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Exam focus
Timeline
Glossary of terms
Further reading
Index
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