{"id":4120,"date":"2017-01-05T13:15:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T10:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4120"},"modified":"2017-12-10T13:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T10:16:40","slug":"the-potsdam-conference-when-and-why-did-the-us-policy-move-from-one-of-co-operation-to-confrontation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-potsdam-conference-when-and-why-did-the-us-policy-move-from-one-of-co-operation-to-confrontation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Potsdam Conference: When and why did the US policy move from one of co-operation to confrontation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><del><\/del><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/ib\/cold_war_origins\/1_WHAT-Yalta_Potsdam\/2_Potsdam\/02_Potsdam.doc\">The Potsdam Conference: When and why did the US policy move from one of co-operation to confrontation?<br \/>\n<\/a>Students consider the extent to which the Potsdam conference was characterised more by conflict that by co-operation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3690\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/IB\/cold_war\/\">Part of the comprehensive unit on Cold War Origins to 1949<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/acf91004\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/acf91004\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Potsdam Conference: When and why did the US policy move from one of co-operation to confrontation? Students consider the extent to which the Potsdam conference was characterised more by conflict that by co-operation. Part of the comprehensive unit on Cold War Origins to 1949.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6,5],"tags":[447,454,453,452,451,450],"class_list":["post-4120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-ib-history","category-igcse-gcse-history","tag-conference","tag-confrontation","tag-cooperation","tag-move","tag-policy","tag-potsdam"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3708,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-potsdam-conference-when-and-why-did-the-us-policy-move-from-one-of-co-operation-to-confrontation\/","url_meta":{"origin":4120,"position":0},"title":"The Potsdam Conference: When and why did the US policy move from one of co-operation to confrontation?","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"March 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Potsdam Conference: When and why did the US policy move from one of co-operation to confrontation? 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