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

by Vivienne Sanders

• ISBN13: 9781444156591
• ISBN10: 1444156594
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Hodder Education

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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