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Drive critical, engaged learning and advanced skills development. Enabling comprehensive, rounded understanding, the student-centred approach actively develops the sophisticated skills key to performance in Paper 2. Developed directly with the IB for the 2015 syllabus, this Course Book fully supports the new comparative approach to learning.Cover the new syllabus in the right level of depth, with rich, thorough subject contentDeveloped directly with the IB, with the most comprehensive support for the new syllabus with complete support for the comparative approachTruly engage learners with topical, relevant material that convincingly connects learning with the modern, global worldStreamline your planning, with a clear and thorough structure helping you logically progress through the syllabusBuild the advanced-level skills learners need for Paper 2, with the student-led approach driving active skills development and strengthening exam performanceIntegrate approaches to learning with ATLs like thinking, communication, research and social skills built directly into learningHelp learners think critically about improving performance with extensive examiner insight and samples based on the latest exam formatBuild an advanced level, thematic understanding with fully integrated Global Contexts, Key Concepts and TOK Also available as an Online Course Book

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Author:   Alexis Mamaux
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 27.50cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9780198310211

ISBN 10:   0198310218
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   20 August 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  A / AS level
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Growth and tension - the origins of the Cold War 1943-1949 1.1: The formation of the grand alliance to 1943 1.2: The wartime conferences 1943-1945 1.3: The emergence of superpower rivalry in Europe 1945-1949 1.4: Cold War crisis in Europe 1.5: The atom bomb 1.6: The roles of the USA and the Soviet Union in the origins of the Cold War 1.7: Case Study 1: Yugoslavia under Tito 2: Global spread of the Cold War 1945-1962 2.1: Emergence of superpower rivalry in Asia 1945-1949 2.2: Communist success in China and its relations with the USSR and the USA 1946-1949 2.3: North Korean invasion of South Korea 1950 2.4: Origins of the Non-Aligned Movement 2.5: old War crisis in Europe - the Hungarian uprising 2.6: The Suez Crisis 2.7: Congo Crisis 1960-1964 2.85: Berlin Crisis and the Berlin Wall 2.9: Sino-Soviet tensions, the Taiwan Strait crises and the split 2.10: Cuban Missile Crisis 2.11: Case Study 2: Guatemala during the Cold War 3: Reconciliation and renewed conflict 1963-1979 3.1: The invasion of Czechoslovakia 3.2: Arms race and detente 3.3: Sino-US agreements 3.4: The election, presidency and overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile 3.5: Cold War crisis in Asia Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 1979 3.6: Case Study 3: Vietnam 4: The end of the Cold War 4.1: Eastern European dissent 4.2: Cold War crisis: The Able Archer crisis 1983 4.3: Gorbachev's policies 4.4: The effect of Gorbachev's policies on Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War 4.5: The end of the USSR 1989-1991

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