Cold War & The Americas 1945-81: Access to History for the IB Diploma (Access to History/Ib Diploma)

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Edition: Illus.
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-01-01
Publisher(s): Hodder Education
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Summary

This series has taken the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of our best-selling Access to History series and tailor-made it for the History IB Diploma. Each title in the series supports a specific topic in the IB History guide through thorough content coverage andexamination guidance - helping students develop a good knowledge and understanding of the required content alongside the skills they need to do well.The Cold War and the Americas 1945-81 has been written to fully support the section of the same name in HL option 3: Aspects of the History of the Americas and includes:* authoritative, clear and engaging narrative which combines depth of content with accessibility of approach* up-to-date historiography with clear analysis and associated TOK activities* guidance on answering exam-style questions with model answers and practice questions.

Table of Contents

Introduction
American foreign policy pre-1945
The USA and Latin America pre-1945
The USA and Canada pre-1945
The USA and China pre-1949
President Truman and the Cold War
The USA and Communism pre-1945
The start of the Cold War
Key debate: Why did the Cold War begin?
The Truman Doctrine and Containment
The Truman Doctrine and Latin America
The Cold War and American society and culture
Examination advice and practice
The Korean War 1950-3
Causes of the outbreak of the Korean War
Key debate: Why did the Korean War begin?
The course of events in the Korean War in 1950
A United Nations war
Ending the Korean War, 1951-3
The diplomatic and political outcomes of the Korean war
Examination advice and practice
President Eisenhower and the New Look
Eisenhower and change in foreign and defence policy
Eisenhower and Latin America
Examination advice and practice
The United States' involvement in the Vietnam War
The U.S. involvement in Vietnam 1950-69
The motives behind U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Key debate: Why and how far did each president get involved in Vietnam?
Why the USA failed in Vietnam
The end of the war
Domestic effects of the war
The role of Vietnam in the development of the Cold War
Examination advice and practice
The Cuban Revolution
Cuba before 1959
Castro before 1959
Eisenhower, Cuba and Castro
Examination advice and practice
From Kennedy to Carter: U.S. foreign policy in Latin America 1961-81
President Kennedy and Latin America
President Johnson and Latin America
President Nixon and control of the Western Hemisphere
President Carter, human rights, the Panama Canal and Nicaragua
Examination advice and practice
Cuba in the Cold War
Castro's domestic policies
Cuban foreign policy
Castro's Cuba - conclusions
Examination advice and practice
The impact of the Cold War on Latin America
The debate over the external connection
Coming to conclusions about the impact of the Cold War on Latin America
Timeline
Glossary
Further Reading
Internal Assessment
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