Paper 2 - The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries Notes

The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century)

Rivalry, mistrust and accord - Grand Alliance breakdown (1943-1949)

Rivalry, mistrust and accord - US-USSR relations (1947-1979)

Rivalry, mistrust and accord - Sino-Soviet relations (1947-1979)

Rivalry, mistrust and accord - Sino-US relations (1947-1979)

Rivalry, mistrust and accord - End of Cold War (1980-1991)

Leaders - Truman (US, 1945-1953)

Leaders - Stalin (USSR, 1945-1953)

Leaders - Khrushchev (USSR, 1953-1964)

Leaders - Mao (China, 1949-1976)

Leaders - Nixon (US, 1969-1974)

Leaders - Brezhnev (USSR, 1964-1982)

Leaders - Reagan (US, 1981-1989)

Leaders - Gorbachev (USSR, 1985-1991)

Nations - United States

Nations - Soviet Union

Nations - China

Nations - Cuba

Nations - East Germany

Nations - West Germany

Cold War Crises - Berlin Blockade (1948-1949)

Cold War Crises - Berlin Wall (1958-1961)

Cold War Crises - Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Cold War Crises - Hungarian Uprising (1956)

Cold War Crises - Prague Spring (1968)

Cold War Crises - Korean War (1950-1953)

Cold War Crises - Vietnam War (1955-1975)

Cold War Crises - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979)

Cold War Crises - Angola Civil War (1975)

Cold War Crises - Suez Crisis (1956)

Cold War Crises - Chinese Offshore Island Crises (1954/1958)

Cold War Crises - US intervention in Chile (1973)