Student Support Materials for History - Edexcel A2 Unit 3 Option E2: A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1944-90 Book

Enable students to succeed in their exam with A world divided: Superpower Relations. This study aid contains the key information that students need for Edexcel History A2 Unit 3 Option E2 clearly laid out with Examiners' and Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from senior examiners on how to secure a higher grade. A world divided: Superpower Relations 1944-90 covers all the content and skills your students will need for their Edexcel A2 Unit 3 Option E2 examination including: * Chapter 1: CONTROVERSY A: WHY DID THE COLD WAR BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS EMERGE IN THE YEARS TO 1953? Including -- The Origins of the Cold War 1917--44; early stages of the Cold War 1944-49; Cold War in Asia 1949-53; critical assessment of the key interpretations: why did the Cold War emerge in the years to 1953? * Chapter 2: THE POST-STALIN THAW AND THE BID FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE Including -- Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence; the 'thaw' of the 1950s. * Chapter 3: THE ARMS RACE 1949-63 Including -- The impact of nuclear weapons on the conduct of the Cold War; the Cuban Missile Crisis.* Chapter 4: SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS 1949-76 Including -- Sino-Soviet Relations 1949--58; Communist rivals: Sino-Soviet relations 1958--69; 'Ping-pong' diplomacy 1970--76. * Chapter 5: DETENTE 1969-80 Including -- The origins and development of Detente from 1969; why Detente ended. * Chapter 6: CONTROVERY B: WHY DID THE COLD WAR COME TO AN END IN THE 1980s? Including -- The end of the Cold War; critical assessment of the key interpretations of the end of the Cold War * Chapter 7: EXAM SKILLS * Chapter 8: EXAM PRACTICE * IndexRead More