Superpower relations & the Cold War

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying relations between the USA and USSR in the years 1945/46.

‘There was a significant thaw in tensions between the USA and the USSR in the years 1955 to 1961.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How important was Cuban intervention in Angola and Ethiopia in bringing about the deterioration of relations between the USA and USSR in the years 1973 to 1979?

‘Gorbachev was responsible for the ending of the Cold War.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying relations between the USA and USSR in the years 1972 to 1979.

‘American economic interests were the main reason for the creation of East and West Germany by 1949.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The USA’s policy of containment in Asia was a failure in the years 1949 to 1954.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the Soviet Union and its leadership of the Eastern bloc weakened by the crisis in Czechoslovakia in 1968?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the Cuban Missile Crisis.

‘The conflict in Korea weakened the USA’s international position after 1953.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The USA’s failure to secure victory in Vietnam by 1968 was due to mistakes in its military strategy and tactics.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How significant was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the deterioration of relations between the USA and the USSR in the years 1979 to 1985?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the relationship between the US and South Vietnam in the years c1960 to 1962.

‘American involvement in Europe, in the years 1945 to 1949, was primarily driven by the desire to advance US economic interests.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How far do ideological differences between the USSR and China explain the worsening relations that developed between these two countries in the years 1963 to 1972?

To what extent, in the years 1972 to 1979, was there a significant reduction in tensions between the superpowers?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying summit diplomacy in the years 1985 to 1988.

How important was the Marshall Plan to the growth of Cold War tensions by 1949?

To what extent did McCarthyism influence American foreign policy in the years 1950 to 1955?

‘The threat of nuclear war declined significantly in the years 1963 to 1968.’

Assess the validity of this view.

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.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the reasons for Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968.

‘US policies in Asia, in the years 1953 to 1959, were successful.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The USA was more responsible than the USSR for the crisis over Cuba in the years 1961 to 1962.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How significant were economic problems in the USSR and its satellite states in explaining the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the motives for US intervention in the Caribbean and Central America in the years 1982 to 1984.

‘The USA was responsible for the division of Germany into two separate states by 1949.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How effective was Khrushchev’s policy of peaceful co-existence in reducing Cold War tensions in the years 1955 to 1961?

‘Summit diplomacy, in the years 1985 to 1988, succeeded because of Mikhail Gorbachev.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the causes of the Korean War.

How effective was the nuclear arms race in restraining the aggression of the superpowers in the years 1955 to 1963?

‘The Tet Offensive of 1968 was a turning point in America’s conduct of the Vietnam War in the years 1965 to 1970.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Weak leadership in the USSR was the most significant reason for the increase in Cold War tension in the years 1982 to 1985.’

Assess the validity of this view.