The Cold War 1941 1995 4th Edition by David G Williamson ISBN 1510457895 9781510457898

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ISBN 10: 1510457895
ISBN 13: 9781510457898
Author: David G Williamson

The Cold War 1941 1995 4th Edition Table of contents:

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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