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Cold War origins to 1948 and the historians' debate

C1 Origins and historiography
Section C · C1 The Cold War

What this note covers

  1. What the Cold War question demands
  2. From wartime alliance to suspicion, 1941–1945
  3. 1946–1947: lines are drawn
  4. 1948–1949: Czechoslovakia, Berlin and NATO
  5. The three classic schools — and why they are a spectrum
  6. After 1991: the 'new Cold War history'
  7. Using interpretations in a Cold War essay

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes

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