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History 9389: The Origins and Development of the Cold War, 1941–1950 Topical Past Paper Questions

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Winter (Oct/Nov) 2021· 3

Read the extract and then answer the question. By the spring of 1946 Churchill had made his ‘iron curtain’ speech in which he called for vigorous Western policies. This was in line with George Kennan's February 1946 Long Telegram in which he advocated policies of firm and persist…

Winter (Oct/Nov) 2020· 3

Read the extract and then answer the question. Just as Roosevelt was a great war leader, he was also a great failure as a diplomat. He helped win the war, but he lost the peace. This is not a resurrection of the old argument that he was tricked by the Communists. Rather my argume…

Winter (Oct/Nov) 2019· 3

Read the extract and then answer the question. For Stalin the West was of course not merely a source of subversive ideology, but also his great surviving antagonist in the struggle for world power. His hostility had been fairly obvious for some time, even in his wartime conversat…

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