Although factors such as ideology differences and traditional power rivalry played a part in the development of the Cold War in the years 1945-53, superpower misjudgments account largely to this as well. As Source 7 suggests, mistrust between the US and the Soviet created a vicious cycle which could not be broken after 1945. It states that the US "misread" the Soviet security policy in eastern Europe and saw it as "Soviet expansionism". This, in turn, led the Soviets to misjudge the US policies
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Throughout the 1950’s, pivotal fundamental issues further divided the superpowers conflicting ideologies and therefore these issues remained unchanged. US foreign policy such as Brinkmanship, Roll back and massive retaliation did divide the superpowers. Furthermore, the disputes over Berlin, new alliances forming within NATO and The Warsaw Pact further divided the superpowers. Although we did see some improvement in terms of Geneva and the change in leadership these changes certainly did not resolve
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refusing to disband at the Tsar's order. This meant it consequently lacked legitimate authority as a result. It had no constitutional claim upon the loyalty of Russian people and no natural fund of good will to rely on, meaning it was judged entirely on how it dealt with the nations problems, making it vulnerable from the start. Its second major weakness was that its authority was limited by its unofficial partnership with the Petrograd Soviet. To begin with there was considerable co-operation between
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suggests that it is impossible for generations of women to do well without destroying one another, as society isn’t able to accept the changing perceptions women have of the world, and so younger women learn to exploit that. By having the narrator be a voice which is neither of the characters, Carter allows them to form their own opinion of the events. By saying that people in the “northern country” have “cold hearts” then this suggests that they do not approve of the fact that Red has no attachment to
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June 2013 – A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1944 – 1990 Use sources 7, 8 and 9 and your own knowledge. How far do you agree with the view that, in the years 1945 – 1950, the Cold War developed as a result of US and Soviet security needs? Explain your answer, using sources 7, 8 and 9 and your own knowledge of the issues related to this controversy. (40 marks) | Agree | Disagree | Source 7 | * Blames the US for its need to have total control of all democratic countries and zones ‘sphere
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Labour governments of 1974-1979.’ How far do you agree? Both of the Labour Governments had some great successes, for instance, the 1964-1970 Labour government won the 1966 election with a majority of 100 seats. The Labour government of 1974-1979 did not win the election with a majority but managed to reduce inflation in 1978 from 15% to 8% which was a very large success as inflation had been a problem for a long time. Just from looking at the two governments you assume that the 1964-1970 labour
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By 1957, Communist attempts to produce a successful industrial society in China had succeeded. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer? (10) I disagree with the statement for a number of reasons. Firstly, Communist attepmrts to produce a successful industrial society in China had not succeeded because some targets were not met. For example, the CCP expected that they would achieve two million tonnes of oil by 1957 but only achieved 1.4 million. Also, they wanted to produce
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How far do you agree that Lenin’s leadership was the main reason for why the Bolsheviks were able to seize power in 1917. Lenin was a very significant figure during the Russian revolution, under his strong leadership and the advice of some of his advisors, Lenin helped the Bolsheviks come to power. However I would not agree that his leadership was the main reason to why the Bolsheviks were able to seize power as factors such as the weakness of the provisional government, the home front and most
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Napoleon was nothing more than a dictator in his rule of France between 1799 and 1815. How far do you agree? “History is a version of events which everyone has agreed on” - Napoleon Napoleon was nothing more than a tyrant as he exploited France in pursuit of his own ambitions to achieve a dynasty in his name. A dictatorship is often associated with repression and the workings of a police state. Both of these were, in fact, being used in France . For example Napoleon vigorously censored the
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“Eastern Europe would have become communist in the post-war period even without Soviet Interference” – How far do you agree with this statement? Clearly, despite some regions of Eastern Europe having communist influence prior to the Second World War, such as Poland, Eastern Europe would not have become communist without the interference of the Soviet Union in the post-war years. This is inferred by the fact that following the War, Stalin was forced to install communists into the governments of
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