History for the IB Diploma Paper 2 with Digital Access (2 Years)

Comprehensive second editions of History for the IB Diploma Paper 2, revised for first teaching in 2015.

Allan Todd (Author)

9781108760652, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 14 May 2019

248 pages
27.6 x 22.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.64 kg

This coursebook with Cambridge Elevate edition covers Paper 2, World History Topic 12: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries (20th century) of the History for the IB Diploma syllabus for first assessment in 2017. Tailored to the requirements of the IB syllabus and written by experienced IB History examiners and teachers, it offers authoritative and engaging guidance through the following detailed studies of leaders and crises from around the world: Truman, Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Castro, and Reagan; and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Korean War, the Prague spring, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

1. Introduction
Unit 1. Nature of the Cold War
Unit 2. Origins of the Cold War
Unit 3. The First Cold War (1946–53): 2. Developments in Europe
3. Developments in Asia and Oceania
Unit 4. Fluctuating relations (1953–68): 4. Developments in Europe
5. Developments in Asia
6. Developments in the Americas
Unit 5. From détente to the Second Cold War (1969–85): 7. Developments in Europe
8. Developments in Africa and the Middle East, and in the Americas
9. Developments in Asia and Oceania
Unit 6. The end of the Cold War (1985–91)
Unit 7. Exam practice
Further information
Index.

Subject Areas: Educational: History [YQH], Educational material [YQ]