Cambridge IGCSE (R) History Option B: The 20th Century Coursebook

Introduction; Section A: Core Content: Chapter 1. Key Question 1. Were the peace treaties of 1919-1923 fair?: 1.01. What were the motives and aims of the Big Three at Versailles?; 1.02. Why did all the victors not get everything they wanted?; 1.03. What was the impact of the peace treaty on Germany up to 1923?; 1.04. What were the terms of the other peace treaties?; 1.05. Could the treaties be justified at the time?; Chapter 2. Key Question 2. To what extent was the League of Nations a success?: 2.01. How successful was the League in the 1920s?; 2.02. How far did weaknesses in the League's organisation make failure inevitable?; 2.03. How far did the Depression make the work of the League more difficult?; 2.04. How successful was the League in the 1930s?; Chapter 3. Key Question 3: Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?: 3.01. What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919-1923?; 3.02. What were the consequences of the failures of the League in the 1930s?; 3.03. How far was Hitler's foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939?; 3.04. Was the policy of appeasement justified?; 3.05. How important was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?; 3.06. Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany in September 1939?; Chapter 4. Key Question 4: Who was to blame for the Cold War?: 4.01. Why did the USA-USSR alliance begin to break down in 1945?; 4.02. How had the USSR gained control of Eastern Europe by 1948?; 4.03. How did the USA react to Soviet expansionism?; 4.04. What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade? 4.05. Who was the more to blame for starting the Cold War: the USA or the USSR?; Chapter 5. Key Question 5: How effectively did the USA contain the spread of Communism?: 5.01. Case Study 1: America and events in Korea, 1950-1953; 5.02. Case Study 2: America and events in Cuba, 1959-1962; 5.03. Case Study 3: American involvement in Vietnam; Chapter 6. Key Question 6: How secure was the USSR's control over Eastern Europe, 1948-c.1989?: 6.01. Why was there opposition to Soviet control in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968, and how did the USSR react to this opposition?; 6.02. How similar were events in Hungary in 1956 and in Czechoslovakia in 1968?; 6.03. Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961?; 6.04. What was the significance of 'Solidarity' in Poland for the decline of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe?; 6.05. How far was Gorbachev personally responsible for the collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe?; Chapter 7. Key Question 7: Why did events in the Gulf matter, c.1970-2000?: 7.01. Why was Saddam Hussein able to come to power in Iraq?; 7.02. What was the nature of Saddam Hussein's rule in Iraq?; 7.03. Why was there a revolution in Iran in 1979?; 7.04. What were the causes and consequences of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88?; 7.05. Why did the First Gulf War take place?; Chapter 8. Preparing for assessment; Section B: Depth Studies: Chapter 9. The First World War 1914-18: 9.01. Why was the war not over by December 1914?; 9.02. Why was there stalemate on the Western Front?; 9.03. How important were other fronts?; 9.04. Why did Germany ask for an armistice in 1918?; Chapter 10. Germany 1914-45: 10.01. Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?; 10.02. Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?; 10.03. How effective was Nazi control of Germany 1933-45?; 10.04. What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?; Chapter 11. Russia 1905-41: 11.01. Why did the Tsarist regime collapse in 1917?; 11.02. How did the Bolsheviks gain power, and how did they consolidate their rule?; 11.03. How did Stalin gain and hold on to power?; 11.04. What was the impact of Stalin's economic policies?; Chapter 12. The USA 1919-41: 12.01. How far did the US economy boom in the 1920s?; 12.02. How far did US society change in the 1920s?; 12.03. What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash of 1929?; 12.04. How successful was the New Deal?; Chapter 13. Preparing for assessment