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- 9489/41 · May/June 2025 · Q10[30]
Assess the extent to which Cold War hostility was responsible for the United States’ growing involvement in Vietnam in the years 1954 to 1968.
See it on the paper → - 9489/42 · May/June 2023 · Q10[30]
‘The formation of SEATO was the most important consequence of US involvement in the Korean War.’ Discuss this view.
See it on the paper → - 9489/43 · May/June 2023 · Q9[30]
Assess how far the United States was responsible for the development of the nuclear arms race in the 1950s and 1960s.
See it on the paper → - 9489/42 · May/June 2022 · Q8[30]
Evaluate the significance of the Nixon Doctrine for US foreign policy. Section C: International history, 1945–92
See it on the paper → - 9489/42 · May/June 2022 · Q11[30]
Analyse how far Pan-Africanism was affected by Cold War politics.
See it on the paper → - 9489/41 · October/November 2021 · Q5[30]
Analyse the reasons for Truman’s victory in the 1948 presidential election.
See it on the paper → - 9489/41 · October/November 2021 · Q6[30]
‘Kennedy’s domestic policies promised more than they delivered.’ Assess this view.
See it on the paper → - 9489/41 · October/November 2021 · Q7[30]
‘Foreign competition was the greatest challenge to the US economy in the 1980s and early 1990s.’ Assess this view.
See it on the paper → - 9489/41 · October/November 2021 · Q8[30]
Evaluate the reasons for the escalation of United States involvement in Vietnam after 1963. Section C: International history, 1945–92
See it on the paper → - 9489/41 · October/November 2021 · Q9[30]
‘The Cuban Missile Crisis was a defeat for the Soviet Union.’ Evaluate this view.
See it on the paper → - 9489/22 · February/March 2021 · Q8a[10]
Explain why the League of Nations was involved in a dispute over the Aaland Islands in 1921.
See it on the paper → - 9489/22 · February/March 2021 · Q8b[20]
To what extent was 1925 a turning point in international relations in the 1920s?
See it on the paper → - 9489/22 · February/March 2021 · Q9a[10]
Explain why Japan was unhappy with the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference.
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What examiners said
Explain why the League of Nations was involved in a dispute over the Aaland Islands in 1921. Most candidates were aware of the basic issues in the Aaland Islands dispute and were able to identify factors that led to the involvement of the League. Good responses explained how the dispute had arisen and why the League was involved in it, with the strongest responses explaining the establishment of...
— Examiner report, February/March 2021, 9489/22 Q8(a) (Cambridge)
To what extent was 1925 a turning point in international relations in the 1920s? The essence of analysing a turning point is to compare what came afterwards with what had happened before. Many candidates made a good attempt at this, recognising that the Locarno Treaties of 1925 would naturally form a focus for this question. They were able to explain why international relations after this point w...
— Examiner report, February/March 2021, 9489/22 Q8(b) (Cambridge)
Explain why the Japan was unhappy with the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference.
— Examiner report, February/March 2021, 9489/22 Q9(a) (Cambridge)
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