Oxford Resources for IB DP History: Conflict ePub
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Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
9781382076401
Cover Page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Guide to Paper 2
Analysing concepts
Explaining global examples
Connecting global examples
Introduction
Why do we fight?
Why do wars continue?
Types of wars
Total war
Civil war
Revolutionary war
Guerrilla war
Syllabus overview and assessment
Concepts
The IB learner profile
How to use this book
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1 Why did conflict emerge?
Context
1.1 Economic factors: The coming of the Second World War in Asia
Credit and inflation
Protectionism and isolationism
The Japanese economy and the coming of war in Asia and the Pacific
Tariffs
Economic context
The need for resources
Confluence of economic circumstances
Debt and imports
Trade embargoes
1.2 Political factors
Politics and political factors
The Spanish Civil War and the failure of politics in Europe
Long-term causes: A fragmented country
Short-term causes: The failure of politics
Immediate causes: The Popular Front and the generals’ uprising
The Falklands/Malvinas war in the Americas, 1982
Global context
Operation Rosario and its aftermath
1.3 Social factors: The military campaigns in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean
The military campaigns in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean
Taking the cross
European military campaigns to the Eastern Mediterranean, 1095–1291
The Muslim response
1.4 Environmental factors
Climate change and war in the Middle East
Syria, Egypt and the Arab Spring
Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005): Oil and water in Africa
The 1971 Indo-Pakistan War/Bangladesh War of Independence
1.5 Putting it all together: The causes of the First World War
Economic factors: Industrialization and militarism
Political factors: Imperialism, alliances and the July Crisis
Imperial tensions
The alliance system
The July Crisis
Social factors: Nationalism and militarism
The Balkans
Environmental factors: People, geography and resources
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2 What determined the outcome of the conflict?
2.1 Role of leadership
The First Vietnam War
Context
Ho Chi Minh and Võ Nguyên Giáp
Building an army
Using the army
How well did Ho’s and Giáp’s plan work?
1946–1950
1950–1954
Giáp missteps
Dien Bien Phu
Ho Chi Minh’s role
2.2 Strategies and tactics
The naval war against Napoleon and the Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War: Tactics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Context
Timeline of events leading to the Zulu Wars
Old tactics, new war
The Zulu Army versus the British Army: Two battles
Isandlwana
The battle
Rorke’s Drift
Impact on the outcome of the war
Britain’s naval strategy in the Napoleonic wars
Britain’s naval zenith: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
2.3 Mobilization of resources
The United States in the First World War
The United States mobilizes for the First World War
Context
Military mobilization: Expanding the army and navy
National Defense Act, 1916
Naval Expansion Act, 1916
Mobilizing human resources: New jobs
The Selective Service Act, 1917
Financial mobilization: Paying for the war
Coordinating the economy
The Food Administration
The War Industries Board (WIB)
Fuel Administration
National War Labor Board
Railroad Administration (USRA)
The Shipping Board
Ideological and information mobilization
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
The Espionage Act, later the Sedition Act
The result
2.4 Technological developments
The role of technology: The Manhattan Project
The political will to build a bomb
Building the bomb
How to use it?
The result
Non-lethal technology, railways and telegraphs in the US Civil War
The United States Civil War
Chickamauga and Chattanooga
The capture of Atlanta and the march to the sea
2.5 Putting it all together: The Seven Years War
Context
The role of leaders: Prime ministers, kings and generals
William Pitt the Elder
Frederick II of Prussia
The Marquis de Montcalm
Strategy and tactics: A global war
Strategy: Playing strength against weakness
Tactics as varied as the terrain
Mobilization of resources and technology: Fighting a war on credit
Conclusion
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3 How did the conflict affect people’s lives?
Context
3.1 Economic impact: The First World War (in Europe)
Centralization and coordination of economies
Conscription of human resources
Wartime finances
Impacts on daily life: Rationing
Aftermath: Germany
Aftermath: United Kingdom
3.2 Social impact: The African wars of independence
The Algerian War
Social impacts during the war
Demographic impacts
The Zimbabwean War of Liberation (Africa)
Context
Social impacts during the war
Social impacts following the war
3.3 Women’s experiences: Cuban revolution and Chinese Civil War
Cuban Revolution
Context
Cuban women: Resistance and revolution
Chinese Civil War
Context
Women’s experience during the Civil War
The impact of the CCP victory on the role of women
3.4 Marginalized groups’ experiences
Segregation in the United States military
Spanish–American War
First World War
The Second World War
Desegregation
Internment in Canada and the United States
First World War
Second World War
3.5 Putting it all together: The Second World War
Economic impact
Destruction
Monetary systems, debt and trade
Rebuilding—Germany and Japan
Social impact
War crimes: Germany and Japan
Social reconstruction: Democratization of Japan and denazification of Germany
Decolonization
Experiences of women
Germany
The United States
Experiences of marginalized groups
The Holocaust
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4 How was peace established?
Context
4.1 Military outcome: The Second World War in Europe
The road to Berlin
North Africa
Normandy to Germany
Stalingrad to Berlin
War at sea
Strategic bombing campaign
Planning the end
The Atlantic Conference, August 1941
Casablanca, January 1943
Tehran, December 1943
Yalta, February 1945
Potsdam, July 1945
4.2 Political decision-making: The Korean War
The Cold War context
The Cold War and Korea
North Korean invasion
The politics of stalemate and peace
Peace?
Repatriation of prisoners of war
Political decisions and the “settlement” in Korea
Demarcation line
Supervision
4.3 Social factors
The Troubles in Northern Ireland
The Troubles
Towards peace
Social spaces and civil society
The struggle against apartheid
Apartheid
Social pressure from within
4.4 Post-conflict peacebuilding: Reconstruction after the US Civil War
The end of slavery and the end of the war
Radical reconstruction
Freed people and Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers and scalawags
The economics of Reconstruction
Reconstruction and “peace”
4.5 Putting it all together: The United Nations
The United Nations
The UN and military outcomes: The Persian Gulf War (or First Gulf War)
Peace and political decision-making: The UN and the Salvadoran Civil War
The UN and social factors: Women and peace
Post-conflict peacebuilding: UN peacekeeping
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5 Approaching the exam
5.1 Section A: The concept question
Structure
Approaching the question
Markbands
Exam preparation
5.2 Section B, Part a), The line of inquiry question
Structure
Approaching Section B, Part a)
Preparing for the exam
5.3 Section B, Part b), Structuring the essay
Writing introductions
Writing body paragraphs
Example
Sample body paragraph
Writing conclusions
Planning and structuring your essay
Suggestions for structuring your essay
5.4 Practice putting it all together
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Index
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
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