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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 7
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Vocabulary
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Unit Two
Vocabulary
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23 pp 90 to 92
Chapter 27 pp 128 to 132
Unit Three
Vocabulary
Chapter 23 pp 99 to 102
Chapter 26
Chapter 24 pp 107 to 109
Chapter 23 pp 92 to 95
Chapter 25
Chapter 27 pp 132 to 138
Chapter 29
Revision
Origins of WWII poem
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Unit Four
Chapter 15
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Ch 23 pp 102 to 104
Unit Five
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
WWII all topics
Vocabulary
Unit Six
Chapter 35
Chapter 38 pp 240 to 243
Chapter 37 pp 231 to 235
Ch 36 pp 217 to 224
Ch 41 pp 258 to 264
Vocabulary
Cold War all topics
Kennedy Assassination
Unit Seven
Ch 36 pp 225 to 230
Ch 37 pp 235 to 239
Ch 238 pp 244 to 245
Ch 41 pp 264 to 270
Cold War all topics
Collapse of Soviet Union
Unit Eight
Chapter 40 Japan
Ch 45 Middle East
Ch 34 p 200 to 204
Ch 39 246 to 254
Unit Nine
Chapter 37
Chapter 44 283 to 287
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Unit Seven > Ch 36 pp 225 to 230

Books:

Tuchman, Barbara, The March of Folly: from Troy to Vietnam. Abacus Books, London 1984. Section 5, "America Betrays Herself in Vietnam" is the relevant part. An analysis of why governments go on doing things in spite of clear evidence that they are harmful to their interests.

Links:

Cold War revision site with useful chart and matching activities.

A CNN interactive site on the space race, with some good timelines to show the competition between the US and the USSR.

The CNN site on the Vietnam War.

The CNN site on Detente.

Radio Free Europe's site on the "Prague Spring" of 1968, in which the Soviets crushed Alexander Dubcek's reformist government, with a good timeline.

Learn History's "Vietnam War Revision Guide". A good brief summary of the main events, not too detailed.

The Learning Curve site on why the USA found it so difficult to get out of Vietnam. Interactive, with a worksheet.

A table of statistics about the arms race, showing how little effect detente had on the number of weapons. The USSR's figures are in italics.

Weapon Country Year
1963 1969 1972 1976 1981
ICBMs USA 450 1,054 1,054 1,710 1,628
USSR 75 900 1,600 2,375 2,384
Warheads USA 6,842 7,192
USSR 2,943 6,302
SLBMs USA 100 656 656
USSR 80 580
Bombers USA 630 500 530
USSR 200 150 148
Fighters USA 5100
USSR 4300
Submarines USA 41 115 121
USSR 42 329 370
Warships USA 210 257
USSR 257 268
Artillery USA 4,955 5,140
USSR 13,900 19,300
Aircraft USA 3,665 4,740
USSR 4,740 4,885
Soldiers (millions) USA 2.13 2.09
USSR 4.88 4.84