History A-Level
Cold War tensions
What Cold War tensions means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cold War tensions
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Tensions that escalated as the Berlin Airlift demonstrated Western commitment, cementing the Cold War divide.
Topics that use Cold War tensions
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – only) The Nazi experiment, 1929–1949 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Autarky and rearmament
- Authoritarianism
- Cold War division
- Consolidation of power
- Constitutional collapse
- Constitutional development
- Economic crisis and recovery
- Economic reconstruction and divergence
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