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O-Level Paper 2: The Cold War

origins and development in Europe

What the syllabus expects

• The end of the Second World War and its effect on Europe
  Scope: Conditions in postwar Europe and the rise of the USA and USSR as superpowers
• The deepening distrust between the USA and USSR
  Scope: Differences in ideology, the breakdown of wartime alliances, and the division of Europe after the war
• The intensifying rivalry between the superpowers
  Scope: The American containment policy pursued through political, economic and military actions, and the Soviet responses in political, economic and military terms

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