History for the IB Diploma: Interwar Years: Conflict and Cooperation 1919-39An exciting series that covers selected topics from the Higher Level options in the IB History syllabus. This coursebook covers Higher Level option 5, Topic 8, Interwar Years: Conflict and Cooperation 1919-39. The text is divided into clear sections following the IB syllabus structure and content specifications. It offers a sound historical account along with detailed explanations and analysis, and an emphasis on historical debate to prepare students for the in-depth, extended essay required in the Paper 3 examination. It also provides plenty of exam practice including student answers with examiner's comments, simplified mark schemes and practical advice on approaching the Paper 3 examination. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Weimar Germany 191923 | 19 |
To what extent was the country damaged by the Treaty ofVersailles | 28 |
In what ways did economic and financial issues cause problems | 35 |
How and with what success did Gustav Stresemann address Germanys | 47 |
What was Stresemanns contribution as foreign minister in this period? | 53 |
Italy and Mussolini | 65 |
What were Mussolinis main economic and social policies? | 77 |
Germany and the Great Depression 192933 | 112 |
the Great Depression cause the collapse of the Weimar Republic? | 120 |
What were the main consequences of the Spanish Civil War? | 146 |
Germany and Hitler | 155 |
What were Hitlers main economic and social policies? | 164 |
Hitlers foreign policy follow a consistent plan? | 171 |
The League of Nations 191929 | 181 |
How successful was the League in the period 191929? | 187 |
How successful was Mussolinis foreign policy? | 84 |
Europe and the world | 91 |
What was the impact of the Great Depression on Europe? | 97 |
What was the impact of the Great Depression on other parts | 106 |
The collapse of collective security 192939 | 202 |
How important was appeasement in the road to war? | 213 |
Exam practice | 223 |
Common terms and phrases
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