•ostpolitik - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Follows specification for component 2R with added A* essay plans and colou coded notes backed by statistics and judgements. Includes timeline with codes for increasing and decreasing tensions. Cooperation: attitudes of Khrushchev and Kennedy • Hot-line, • Moscow Test Ban Treaty • nuclear non-proliferation treaty • cut back in materials for nuclear weapons • The extent of Détente up to 1979: • the SALT talks • Ostpolitik and Helsinki accords • arms race • relation...

Providing a in-dept summary and EVERY notes you will need for Topic 1 and 2 for the GDR , German Democratic Republic This includes the full detailed notes and summary of the topic 1 (establishing communist rule in the GDR) and topic 2 (development of the GDR state). Contains data , facts and figures and histography from top GDR historians for the guaranteed A*. Key topics: Establishment of the GDR , GDR economy pre 1961, Berlin Wall , Distinct identity- Sports , Abrenzung (Media) , Ostpoli...

Extract A After 1966, party distinctions in West Germany became blurred. The Grand Coalition of 1966–69 set Germany back on track in the most difficult of circumstances, effectively resolving the economic problems of the mid-1960s. This government greatly contributed to the political consensus of the following two decades. In 1974, nobody seemed better equipped to deal with a new economic crisis than Helmut Schmidt. Most Germans, including many traditional CDU/CSU voters, saw Schmidt as ...

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The document contains 4 detailed essay plans and 2 full Essays. - The essay plans cover questions such as why did detente collapse, Detente vs Ostpolitik, imperial overstretch argument, Gorbachev domestic policy vs foreign policy. - Essay 1 - 'The collapse of détente was primarily the result of Moscow’s aggressive policies in the Third World.’ Discuss. - Essay 2 - Comment on the content, context and significance as historical evidence of the following extract:

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