Edexcel GCSE History: Paper 2 Option P4 — Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91

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What this course covers

• Topic 1 — The origins of the Cold War, 1941–58

  • 1.1 – Early tension between East and West
  • 1.2 – The development of the Cold War
  • 1.3 – The Cold War intensifies

• Topic 2 — Cold War crises, 1958–70

  • 2.1 – Increased tension between East and West
  • 2.2 – Cold War crises
  • 2.3 – Reaction to crisis

• Topic 3 — The end of the Cold War, 1970–91

  • 3.1 – Attempts to reduce superpower tensions in the 1970s
  • 3.2 – The end of détente and the ‘Second Cold War’
  • 3.3 – The collapse of Soviet control of Eastern Europe, 1985-91

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