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Focuses on comparing and contrasting SEVEN Cold War policies of each of the Presidents (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This podcast is designed to accompany the decision-making simulation at ActiveHistory entitled “Which US President are YOU?” (activehistory.co.uk\/presidents).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This provides a great way to draw together key points for the “Cold War” section of Paper 2 IBDP History, as well as Paper 3 Americas for Higher Level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Focuses on comparing and contrasting SEVEN Cold War policies of each of the Presidents (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon). This podcast is designed to accompany the decision-making simulation at ActiveHistory entitled “Which US President are YOU?” (activehistory.co.uk\/presidents). This provides a great way to draw together key points for the “Cold War” section of Paper 2… <\/p>\n

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