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Origins of the Cold War
web.mac.com/.../GCSE%20Podcasts/A49EF463-B965-4E80-B0F2-5853D2B7390A.html –
This excellent podcast looks at what started the Cold War after the defeat of Japan and Germany. Quicktime is needed to access the site.

The Cold War
www.johndclare.net/cold_war1.htm Selecting this link will take you to an external site. -
This sites covers many issues including BBC debate-podcast on the start of the Cold War. - Giles Hill's podcast on the origins of the Cold War. - BBC debate-podcast on Khrushchev

Origins of the Cold war
www.authorstream.com/.../Veronica-51634-Origins-Cold-War-theCold- Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
This site presents the Origins of the Cold War

WWII Review, Origins of the Cold War and Containment Policy Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
www.slideshare.net/.../wwii-review-origins-of-the-cold-war-and-containment- Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
This site reviews WWII, the origins of the Cold War and Containment Policy.

Cuban Missile Crisis 1960 1964 Power Point Presentation
www.authorstream.com/.../Elodie-33948-Lesson-9-Cuban-Missile-Crisis-1960-1964-Naval-Science-113Lesson-Review-Korean-War- Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
Podcast, reviews and PowerPoint presentations covering th Cuban Missile Crisis and the Korean war

International Relations 1945 - 1991
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir2/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
BBC Bitesize summaries for the GCSE of: Causes of the Cold War; Developments in the Cold War 1948-1961; The Cuban Missile Crisis; the end of the Cold War.
This includes multiple choice fact tests.

Ideological foundations of the Cold War
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/coldwar/index.php?action=lessons Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
From the Truman Library and Museum

The Cold War Guide
http://www.coldwar.net/?gclid=CNDoiYC-95kCFRUupAod5BrHFw Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

The Cold War – Learning Curve
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/default.htm Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
Did the Cold War really start in 1939?
Who caused the cold war?
The nuclear game – how close was it?
Was Vietnam a turning point in the cold war?

Cold War Studies at Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

Journal of Cold War Studies – Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/journal.htm Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
A variety of articles

Cold War Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search_b?keywords=Cold+War&rating=4&gclid=CM3w7J--95kCFcctpAodwxrZGA Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
From Lesson Planet

The Cold War Museum
http://www.coldwar.org/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

Origins of the Cold War
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/origins/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
Smithsonian Institute

The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall (Interactive)
http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

The Berlin Wall Webquest
http://www.aacps.org/AACPS/boe/INSTR/CURR/COMED/HSwebquest/gulden/index.html Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989
http://www.remote.org/frederik/culture/berlin/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

Germany Research Guide – Berlin Wall
http://www.123exp-geography.com/t/18624053922/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

Czechoslovakia 1968
http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/czech/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
University of Michigan site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir2/czechoslovakia1968rev1.shtml Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
BBC Bitesize

Berlin Blockade
http://www.123exp-history.com/t/03764124672/ Selecting this link will take you to an external site.
History Research Guide

Memorandum to Divide Berlin
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box31/t297c01.html Selecting this link will take you to an external site.

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