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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 (external website) -
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- (external website)
This site presents the Origins of the Cold War

WWII Review, Origins of the Cold War and Containment Policy (external website)
www.slideshare.net/.../wwii-review-origins-of-the-cold-war-and-containment- (external website)
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- (external website)
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/ (external website)
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 (external website)
From the Truman Library and Museum

The Cold War Guide
http://www.coldwar.net/?gclid="CNDoiYC-95kCFRUupAod5BrHFw (external website)

The Cold War – Learning Curve
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/default.htm (external website)
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/ (external website)

Journal of Cold War Studies – Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/journal.htm (external website)
A variety of articles

Cold War Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search_b?keywords="Cold+War&rating=4&gclid=CM3w7J--95kCFcctpAodwxrZGA (external website)
From Lesson Planet

The Cold War Museum
http://www.coldwar.org/ (external website)

Origins of the Cold War
http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/origins/ (external website)
Smithsonian Institute

The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall (Interactive)
http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/ (external website)

The Berlin Wall Webquest
http://www.aacps.org/AACPS/boe/INSTR/CURR/COMED/HSwebquest/gulden/index.html (external website)

The Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989
http://www.remote.org/frederik/culture/berlin/ (external website)

Germany Research Guide – Berlin Wall
http://www.123exp-geography.com/t/18624053922/ (external website)

Czechoslovakia 1968
http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/czech/ (external website)
University of Michigan site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir2/czechoslovakia1968rev1.shtml (external website)
BBC Bitesize

Berlin Blockade
http://www.123exp-history.com/t/03764124672/ (external website)
History Research Guide

Memorandum to Divide Berlin
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box31/t297c01.html (external website)

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