Cambridge History for the IB Diploma: Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries

Cambridge History for the IB Diploma: Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries

Author/s: Allan Todd

Tailored to the requirements of the IB syllabus and written by experienced examiners and teachers, it offers authoritative and engaging guidance through the following detailed studies of leaders and crises from around the world: Truman, Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Castro, and Reagan; the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Korean War, the Prague Spring, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.

The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries offers a variety of benefits for learners including, a wide range of primary and secondary sources helping to develop students’ analytical skills and links to Theory of Knowledge concepts designed to stimulate reflective discussion.

Features:

• Authoritative and comprehensive text, written by experienced examiners
• Structured to cover one topic per title to help students adopt an investigative and thorough approach to their study
• Detailed studies from around the world are included for centres to choose from according to their interests, helping students make comparisons between two different regions
  
• Activities throughout the chapters encourage an exploratory and inquiring approach to historical learning
• Opportunities for balanced historical debate to inspire engagement with multiple historical perspectives and interpretations
• Definitions of key historical terms displayed alongside relevant text to aid accessibility and support for EAL learners
  
• Key Concept links to highlight how the 6 new key concepts can be integrated into the course.