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Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Americas during the Cold War (1945–1991)
Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Americas during the Cold War (1945–1991)
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The renowned IB Diploma series, combining compelling narratives and academic rigor, has been revised and updated to align with the latest DP History course from the IB, for examination from 2028.

Written by subject specialists and IB experts, this series continues to provide authoritative and engaging content, while retaining its much-loved accessible approach. With an improved range of activities, new features to further develop skills and conceptual understanding, it provides high-quality content you can trust.

Access to History for the IB Diploma enables students to:

- Develop a nuanced understanding of each period with reliable, clear and in-depth narrative from topic experts, with a wide variety of sources

- Explore diverse perspectives and a broad range of lived experiences of people and societies in the past

- Develop critical thinking skills with dedicated Theory of Knowledge support

- Improve communication and research skills with new Approaches to Learning (ATL) activities

- Build a deep understanding of the four historical concepts - cause and consequence, continuity and change, perspectives, and significance - through a new Key Concepts feature

- Enhance historical skills including source analysis, asking questions, evaluating arguments and making connections with improved skills-based activities throughout

- Prepare for assessment with dedicated exam practice questions, full sample answers, revision summaries and study skills support

This series is currently under review by the IB

Language
English
ISBN
9781036015046
Cover
Title Page
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Contents
Dedication and Disclaimer
Introduction
1 What you will study
2 How you will be assessed
3 About this book
Chapter 1 The impact of the Cold War during the presidencies of Truman and Eisenhower
1 Background: The USA and Latin America before the Cold War
2 Truman’s containment policy
3 McCarthyism
4 Eisenhower’s ‘New Look’ policy
5 US intervention in Latin America, including the role of the CIA
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 2 The Cuban Revolution and its impact in the Americas
1 Background: The historical relationship between Cuba and the USA
2 Background: Castro’s revolutionary movement
3 Hemispheric reactions to the Cuban Revolution
4 The Bay of Pigs
5 The Cuban Missile Crisis
6 Diplomatic impact on Latin American countries
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 3 The impact of the Cold War during the presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson
1 Kennedy and the Alliance for Progress
2 US intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965)
3 The domestic impact of Johnson’s policy in Vietnam
4 Regional support for, and opposition to, US involvement in Vietnam
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 4 The impact of US foreign policies on the Americas (1968–88)
1 The School of the Americas and the Condor Plan
2 Richard Nixon’s covert operations and Chile
3 Jimmy Carter’s quest for human rights and the Panama Canal Treaty (1977)
4 Ronald Reagan and the Contras in Nicaragua
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 5 The impact of the Cold War on Canada
1 Domestic anti-communism
2 NATO and NORAD
3 The creation of UN peacekeeping forces
4 Cooperation and tension with the USA
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 6 The impact of the Cold War on one country in Latin America
1 The Rio Pact, OAS and regional collaboration
2 The domestic political impact of the Cold War
3 Cooperation and tension with the USA
4 Cooperation and tension with the USSR
Examination advice and practice
Index
Photo credits and Acknowledgements

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