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        • 1. Causes of the Cold War >
          • 1. What role did ideology play in the Grand Alliance?
          • 2. How did wartime disagreements affect the alliance?
          • 3. Did Soviet expansionism end the alliance?
          • 4. Was US exceptionalism to blame?
          • 5. Did events in Asia exacerbate tensions?
          • 6. Were tensions over Germany the final straw?
          • 7. Summary: Who was to blame for the Cold War?
        • 2. Conflict & Confrontation >
          • 1. How did competition unfold in Asia?
          • 2. What conflicts emerged in Europe?
          • 3. How did the Cold War shape the Middle East?
          • 4. Were tensions in the Americas unexpected?
          • 5. Why did the Cold War spread to Africa?
          • 6. How did scientific change drive the conflict?
          • 7. Summary: Who won the global struggle?
        • 3. Detente and Coexistence >
          • 1. Did peaceful coexistence work?
          • 2. What did detente achieve?
          • 3. Why did detente fail?
          • 4. Summary: Was detente a failure?
        • 4. China and the Cold War >
          • 1. Why were Sino-Soviet relations so turbulent?
          • 2. How did Sino-American relations change?
          • 3. What other relations did China cultivate?
          • 4. Summary: When did China become a global power?
        • 5. End of the Cold War >
          • 1. Did the USSR decay from within?
          • 2. Did Ronald Reagan win the war?
          • 3. Was Mikhail Gorbachev to blame?
          • 4. What role did people power play?
          • 5. Why did the USSR finally collapse?
          • 6. Summary: Who, or what, ended the Cold War?
        • 6. Leaders, Crises and Nations >
          • 1. What was the impact of leaders?
          • 2. How significant were Cold War crises?
          • 3. In what ways were nations affected?
          • 4. Summary: What was the role of leaders, crises and nations?
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    • Paper 3 - Asia/Oceania >
      • Topic 9: Imperial Decline in East Asia 1860-1912
      • Topic 11: Japan 1912-1990
      • Topic 12: China and Korea 1910-1950
      • Topic 14: The People's Republic of China 1949-2005
      • Topic 15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia >
        • 1. The Malayan Emergency >
          • 1. What triggered conflict in Malaya?
          • 2. How did the Emergency evolve?
          • 3. Why was the insurgency defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Emergency?
          • 5. Summary: Why was communism defeated?
        • 2. The Korean War >
          • 1. What caused the Korean War?
          • 2. How did the Korean War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Korean War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Korean War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Korean War a turning point?
        • 3. The French Indochina War >
          • 1. What caused the French Indochina War?
          • 2. How did the French Indochina War evolve?
          • 3. How was the war in Indochina resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Indochina War?
          • 5. Summary: What accounts for the French defeat?
        • 4. The Vietnam War >
          • 1. What caused the Vietnam War?
          • 2. How did the Vietnam War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Vietnam War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Vietnam War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Vietnam War inevitable?
        • 5. The Cambodian Civil War >
          • 1. What caused the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 2. How did the Cambodian Civil War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Civil War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 5. Summary: Who can be blamed for events in Cambodia?
        • 6. The Soviet Afghan War >
          • 1. Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan?
          • 2. How did the Soviet-Afghan war evolve?
          • 3. How was the Soviet Union defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Soviet-Afghan war?
          • 5. Summary: Why did the USSR withdraw?
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4. What was the impact of the Korean War?

Activity 1 - What was the impact on Korea?


  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slides 1-10 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on the Korean peninsula. 
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the two Koreas - ROK and DPRK. Use the Lesson Presentation and the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize.
    2. KOREAN WAR: EFFECTS OF ARMISTICE 60 YEARS ON
    3. Aftermath of the Korean War
    4. The Legacy - Korean War Legacy
    5. North Korea - THE POST-WAR ECONOMY 
    6. North Korea in the 1950s: The Korean Journal of International Studies, 2 
    7. The Destruction and Reconstruction of North Korea, 1950 - 1960
    8. The War’s Impact on the Korean Peninsula
    9. Li, X. (2017). The Cold War in East Asia, pp. 90-92
  3. Explore - Explore this website about relations between the ROK and DPRK since the Korean War. What does it suggest about the legacy of the Korean War for relations between North and South Korea?

Activity 2 - What was the impact on China?


  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slide 11 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on China.
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the People’s Republic of China. Use the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize
    2. Korean War worth the cost for China 
    3. China's Korean war veterans still waiting for answers
    4. ‘The War to Resist America’: How China Remembers
    5. The time China fought America to a standstill 
    6. Chi-kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945, pp. 27-30
    7. Spence, J.D. (1990). The Search for Modern China, pp. 530-533
  3. Discuss - Examine this SCMP article about China and the Korean War. What does the article reveal about the impact of the Korean War on China?

Activity 3 - What was the impact on USSR?


  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slide 12 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on the USSR.
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the USSR. Use the Lesson Presentation and the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize
    2. Soviet Union in the Korean War 
    3. The Impact of the Korean War on the Cold War
  3. Discuss - Read the abstract to this journal article. What does the impact of the Korean War reveal about the global nature of the Cold War?

Activity 4 - What was the impact on the US?


  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slides 13-15 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on the USA.
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the USA. Use the Lesson Presentation and the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize
    2. What We Learned From the Korean War 
    3. Perspective | The toxic legacy of the Korean War 
    4. The Impact of the Korean War on the Cold War
    5. The Wrong War - The Soviets and the Korean War
  3. Discuss - Consider the overall impact of the war from President Truman’s perspective. Which of the outcomes were intended, and which were unintended? What can Truman actually take credit for?
OBLIGATORY READING
  1. Malkasian, C. (2001). Osprey Essential Histories: The Korean War 1950-1953, pp. 71-74
RECOMMENDED READING
  1. Seth, M.J. (2009). A Concise History of Modern Korea: From the late nineteenth century to the present, pp. 117-147 (DPRK), 149-178 (ROK)
SUPPLEMENTAL READING
  1. Pratt, K. (2017). Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea, pp. 264-307

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    • Paper 1
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      • Topic 10: Authoritarian States
      • Topic 12: The Cold War >
        • 1. Causes of the Cold War >
          • 1. What role did ideology play in the Grand Alliance?
          • 2. How did wartime disagreements affect the alliance?
          • 3. Did Soviet expansionism end the alliance?
          • 4. Was US exceptionalism to blame?
          • 5. Did events in Asia exacerbate tensions?
          • 6. Were tensions over Germany the final straw?
          • 7. Summary: Who was to blame for the Cold War?
        • 2. Conflict & Confrontation >
          • 1. How did competition unfold in Asia?
          • 2. What conflicts emerged in Europe?
          • 3. How did the Cold War shape the Middle East?
          • 4. Were tensions in the Americas unexpected?
          • 5. Why did the Cold War spread to Africa?
          • 6. How did scientific change drive the conflict?
          • 7. Summary: Who won the global struggle?
        • 3. Detente and Coexistence >
          • 1. Did peaceful coexistence work?
          • 2. What did detente achieve?
          • 3. Why did detente fail?
          • 4. Summary: Was detente a failure?
        • 4. China and the Cold War >
          • 1. Why were Sino-Soviet relations so turbulent?
          • 2. How did Sino-American relations change?
          • 3. What other relations did China cultivate?
          • 4. Summary: When did China become a global power?
        • 5. End of the Cold War >
          • 1. Did the USSR decay from within?
          • 2. Did Ronald Reagan win the war?
          • 3. Was Mikhail Gorbachev to blame?
          • 4. What role did people power play?
          • 5. Why did the USSR finally collapse?
          • 6. Summary: Who, or what, ended the Cold War?
        • 6. Leaders, Crises and Nations >
          • 1. What was the impact of leaders?
          • 2. How significant were Cold War crises?
          • 3. In what ways were nations affected?
          • 4. Summary: What was the role of leaders, crises and nations?
        • Exam Questions
    • Paper 3 - Asia/Oceania >
      • Topic 9: Imperial Decline in East Asia 1860-1912
      • Topic 11: Japan 1912-1990
      • Topic 12: China and Korea 1910-1950
      • Topic 14: The People's Republic of China 1949-2005
      • Topic 15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia >
        • 1. The Malayan Emergency >
          • 1. What triggered conflict in Malaya?
          • 2. How did the Emergency evolve?
          • 3. Why was the insurgency defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Emergency?
          • 5. Summary: Why was communism defeated?
        • 2. The Korean War >
          • 1. What caused the Korean War?
          • 2. How did the Korean War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Korean War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Korean War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Korean War a turning point?
        • 3. The French Indochina War >
          • 1. What caused the French Indochina War?
          • 2. How did the French Indochina War evolve?
          • 3. How was the war in Indochina resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Indochina War?
          • 5. Summary: What accounts for the French defeat?
        • 4. The Vietnam War >
          • 1. What caused the Vietnam War?
          • 2. How did the Vietnam War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Vietnam War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Vietnam War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Vietnam War inevitable?
        • 5. The Cambodian Civil War >
          • 1. What caused the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 2. How did the Cambodian Civil War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Civil War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 5. Summary: Who can be blamed for events in Cambodia?
        • 6. The Soviet Afghan War >
          • 1. Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan?
          • 2. How did the Soviet-Afghan war evolve?
          • 3. How was the Soviet Union defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Soviet-Afghan war?
          • 5. Summary: Why did the USSR withdraw?
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