Features
- Authoritative and comprehensive text, written by experienced IB History examiners, covering one topic per title, to help students adopt an investigative and thorough approach to their study.
- Activities throughout the chapters to encourage an exploratory and inquiring approach to historical learning.
- A wide range of primary and secondary sources to develop students’ analytical skills.
- Opportunities for balanced historical debate to inspire engagement with multiple historical perspectives and interpretations.
- Links to Theory of Knowledge concepts to stimulate reflective discussion.
- Key Concept links to highlight how the 6 new key concepts can be integrated into the course.
- Paper 3 exam-style questions to help improve student performance and provide preparation for assessment.
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. The US and the Cold War 1945–61, with case-studies of Cuba and Chile:
- 2.1. How are the government and political system in the US structured?
- 2.2. What were the implications for the US and the Americas of Truman's response to the emerging Cold War from 1945 to 1950?
- 2.3. What was the effect of US participation in the Korean War, 1950–53?
- 2.4. How far did 'New Look' under Eisenhower and Dulles change US–Soviet relations?
- 2.5. What was the US's response to Cold War developments in the Americas?
- 2.6. Case Study: Cuba 1945–59: Why were relations between Cuba and the US historically important?
- 2.7. Case Study: Cuba 1945–59: Why was there a revolution against Batista?
- 2.8. Case Study: Chile 1945–64: How did the early years of the Cold War affect Chile?
- 2.9. Case Study: Chile 1945–64: To what extent did the US influence Chilean politics 1952–64?
- Chapter 3. The US and the Cold War 1961–81, with case-studies of Cuba and Chile:
- 3.1. How did Kennedy define US foreign policy from 1961 to 1963?
- 3.2. Why did the Vietnam War have such a profound effect on the US and in the Americas?
- 3.3. How did US foreign policy change under Nixon in the 1970s?
- 3.4. Why was Jimmy Carter an 'outsider' in foreign policy 1977–81?
- 3.5. What were the implications of US foreign policy for the Americas between 1961 and 1981?
- 3.6. How did the Cold War further influence domestic policy in the US between 1961 and 1981?
- 3.7. Case Study: Cuba 1959–81: What impact did the Cuban Revolution have on the Cold War?
- 3.8. Case Study: Cuba 1959–81: Did the Cold War influence Castro's domestic policy?
- 3.9. Case Study: Chile 1964–81: How did the left come to power in Chile?
- 3.10. Case Study: Chile 1964–81: What was the impact of the Pinochet regime after 1973?
- Chapter 4. Canada and the Cold War 1945–63: 4.1. How are the government and political system in Canada structured?
- 4.2. What were the long-term implications of the Cold War on foreign policy in Canada between 1945 and 1963?
- 4.3. To what extent did the Cold War influence different areas of Canadian domestic policy?
- Chapter 5. Canada and the Cold War 1964–81:
- 5.1. What were the long-term implications of the Cold War on foreign policy in Canada between 1964 and 1981?
- 5.2. How did the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s influence different areas of Canadian domestic policy?
- 5.3. Did the Cold War change Canada?
- Chapter 6. Exam practice
- Further Reading
- Index.
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History for the IB Diploma Paper 3: The Cold War and the Americas (1945–1981)
