About Paper 2 - Topic 12: Cold War Superpower Tensions and Rivalries
The Cold War dominated global affairs from the end of the Second World War to the early 1990s. This topic
focuses on how superpower rivalries did not remain static but changed according to styles of leadership,
strength of ideological beliefs, economic factors and crises involving client states. The topic aims to promote
an international perspective on the Cold War by requiring the study of Cold War leaders, countries and crises
from more than one region of the world.
focuses on how superpower rivalries did not remain static but changed according to styles of leadership,
strength of ideological beliefs, economic factors and crises involving client states. The topic aims to promote
an international perspective on the Cold War by requiring the study of Cold War leaders, countries and crises
from more than one region of the world.