History A-Level

Cold War

What Cold War means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.

Definition of Cold War

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Intense conflict with the USA and the capitalist West, initiated through crises like the Berlin Blockade and driven by ideological differences and Soviet expansionism.

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2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 – The Great Patriotic War and Stalin’s Dictatorship, 1941–1953 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)

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