We will focus on the following:
Leaders: Stalin and Mao.
Impact of Cold War: China and the USSR
Crises: The Second Taiwan Straits AND the Berlin Blockade
This is the Cold War…
- All prove that the Cold War was a key theme in western culture.
Watch from 1.12.47 to the end. What does Dominic Sandbrook explain about the Cold War and nuclear weapons? What does he say about human nature?
Rivalry, mistrust and accord
- The breakdown of the grand alliance and the emergence of superpower
rivalry in Europe and Asia (1943–1949): role of ideology; fear and aggression;
economic interests; a comparison of the roles of the US and the USSR - The US, USSR and China—superpower relations (1947–1979): containment;
peaceful co-existence; Sino-Soviet and Sino-US relations; detente - Confrontation and reconciliation; reasons for the end of the Cold War (1980–
1991): ideological challenges and dissent; economic problems; arms race
Leaders and nations
- The impact of two leaders, each chosen from a different region, on the course
and development of the Cold War. Stalin and Mao - The impact of Cold War tensions on two countries (excluding the USSR and
the US). China and the USSR
Cold War crises
- Cold War crises case studies: detailed study of any two Cold War crises from
different regions: examination and comparison of the causes, impact and
significance of the two crises. Taiwan Straits Crisis 1958 v Berlin Blockade