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Exam Questions: The Cold War - Aberystwyth University, IP32020/GW32020, Exams of Political Science

The exam questions for the course 'the cold war' offered by aberystwyth university's department of international politics during the academic year 2011/12. Students are required to answer six out of ten questions within a two-hour timeframe. Topics covered include the teheran formula, stalin's attitudes towards international cooperation, causes of the korean war stalemate, khrushchev's policy of 'peaceful coexistence', the cuban missile crisis, reasons for the lack of soviet and chinese support for the vietminh, the most important cause of us defeat in vietnam, the role of third world politics in the cold war during the 1970s, issues dividing reagan and gorbachev at reykjavik, and the ussr's acceptance of the collapse of client states in eastern europe.

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ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
SEMESTER TWO EXAMINATIONS
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/12
IP32020/GW32020 THE COLD WAR
Time Allowed: TWO Hours
Answer SIX of the following ten questions
(NB - Allocate around 20 minutes per answer to allow you to answer all six within the time limits)
1. What was the ‘Teheran Formula’?
2. Discuss Stalin’s attitudes toward international cooperation after the Second World War.
3. Why did the Korean War descend into stalemate?
4. Why did Khrushchev adopt the policy of ‘Peaceful Coexistence’?
5. Why did the US and the USSR go to the brink of nuclear war over Cuba?
6. Why did neither the USSR nor China heavily support the Vietminh?
7. Discuss what you regard as the one most important cause of US defeat in Vietnam.
8. Evaluate Westad’s claim that Third World politics dominated the Cold War during the 1970s.
9. Discuss the main issues dividing Reagan and Gorbachev at Reykjavik.
10. Why did the USSR accept the collapse of client states in Eastern Europe?

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ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

SEMESTER TWO EXAMINATIONS

ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/

IP32020/GW32020 THE COLD WAR

Time Allowed: TWO Hours Answer SIX of the following ten questions (NB - Allocate around 20 minutes per answer to allow you to answer all six within the time limits)

  1. What was the ‘Teheran Formula’?
  2. Discuss Stalin’s attitudes toward international cooperation after the Second World War.
  3. Why did the Korean War descend into stalemate?
  4. Why did Khrushchev adopt the policy of ‘Peaceful Coexistence’?
  5. Why did the US and the USSR go to the brink of nuclear war over Cuba?
  6. Why did neither the USSR nor China heavily support the Vietminh?
  7. Discuss what you regard as the one most important cause of US defeat in Vietnam.
  8. Evaluate Westad’s claim that Third World politics dominated the Cold War during the 1970s.
  9. Discuss the main issues dividing Reagan and Gorbachev at Reykjavik.
  10. Why did the USSR accept the collapse of client states in Eastern Europe?