AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Cold War, c1945-1991 November 2020 question paper 7042/2R

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the position of Gorbachev in 1991.

To what extent were the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences responsible for the growth of Cold War tensions in the years 1945 to 1946?

How significant was the communist victory in China in influencing US foreign policy in the years 1949 to 1953?

‘Nixon’s policies towards Vietnam, in the years 1968 to 1972, were a total failure.’

Assess the validity of this view.