origins of the cold war

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Capitalism and communism
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US-USSR relations, 1917-41
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The Grand Alliance, 1941-5
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The end of the Grand Alliance
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The Yalta Conference, 1945
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The Potsdam Conference, 1945
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International diplomacy in late 1945
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Superpower relations by late 1945
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A war of words
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The Iran Crisis, 1946
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Difficulties in Western Europe
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The Iron Curtain, 1946
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The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid, 1947
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The significance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
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The Stalinisation of EE, 1945-53
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Satellite states
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Western reaction
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Germany and Berlin
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The Berlin Blockade, 1948-9
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The Berlin airlift
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The origins of the Korean War
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NSC-68
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Causes of the Korean War
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US reaction to the outbreak of war in Korea
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The impact of the Korean War on superpower relations
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Ideological confrontation
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The impact of Communist ideology on the development of the Cold War 1945-53
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Orthodox interpretation of the development of the Cold War
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The impact of capitalist ideology on the development of the Cold War
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Revisionist interpretation of the development of the Cold War
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Ideological confrontation interpretation: an assessment
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Traditional great power rivalry
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Traditional great power rivalry interpretation of the development of the Cold War
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Geopolitical inevitability
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Traditional Russian expansionism
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US interventionism
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The international situation in 1945
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Traditional great power rivalry: an assessment
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Personal responsibility for the Cold War
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Roosevelt
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Truman
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Churchill
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Stalin
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Leaders' responsibility interpretation: an assessment
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The post-revisionist approach
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USA misjudgements and misperceptions
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USSR misjudgements and misperceptions
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The post-revisionist interpretation: an assessment
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