Pearson Baccalaureate World History: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries: Industrial Ecology (2nd Edition) – eBook

Description

Pearson Baccalaureate History: The Cold War 2nd edition is a revised version of the bestselling 1st edition, written by leading IB practitioners to specifically match the International Baccalaureate 2015 History curriculum. Covering two new subjects – Leaders and Nations and Cold War Crises – this book comprehensively covers the revised Cold War topic. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills that you need to answer essay questions on Paper Two and document-based questions on Paper One. This book is also accompanied by an enhanced eBook containing further worksheets, quizzes to test knowledge and examination skills, and enlarged source material.

Key Features

• A clear overview and analysis of key events
• Practice in analysing source material, including photographs, cartoons, letters, speeches, and other documents
• Support throughout for new curriculum features, including key concepts and international mindedness
• Approaches to learning highlighted in each activity throughout the book
• Focus on the examination requirements, with ‘hints for success’ throughout, as well as quizzes on the eBook
• Support with tackling essay-writing, including essay frames
• An updated Theory of Knowledge section and questions throughout to help with wider research and discussion.

Other titles in the Pearson Baccalaureate series include:

• History: Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars
• History: Authoritarian States
• History Paper 1: The Move to Global War
• Theory of Knowledge

Table of Contents

1. PART 1 Rivalry, mistrust and accord What was the Cold War?
   1. Breakdown of the Grand Alliance: Part 1
   2. Breakdown of the Grand Alliance: Part 2
   3. How can we explain the breakdown of the Grand Alliance?
   4. The Cold War goes global: The Korean War
   5. The USA and containment in Asia
   6. Peaceful co -existence: New leaders, new ideas?
   7. Case study in crisis: Berlin 1958-1961
   8. Case study in crisis: The Cuban Missile Crisis
   9. Sino -Soviet relations
   10. Sino -American relations
   11. Why did detente end in a second Cold War?
   12. Soviet containment 1945-1980
   13. Confrontation: The impact of the arms race on the Cold War
   14. Confrontation and reconciliation: The end of the Cold War
   15. The impact of Cold War tensions on the United Nations
2. PART 2 Leaders and nations
   1. The impact of leaders on the development of the Cold War
   2. The impact of Cold War tensions on nations
3. PART 3 Cold War crises
   1. Comparative studies of key Cold War crises
   2. Theory of knowledge Appendices Further reading Glossary Index