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Edexcel A Level History, Paper 3: The changing nature of warfare, 1859-1991: perception and reality Student Book
(2016)
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Abstract
This book:
- covers the essential content in the new specifications in a rigorous and engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material
- helps develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
- provides assessment support for A level with sample answers, sources, practice questions and guidance to help you tackle the new-style exam questions.
It also comes with three years' access to ActiveBook, an online, digital version of your textbook to help you personalise your learning as you go through the course - perfect for revision.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | 3 | ||
| How to use this book | 4 | ||
| Introduction: A Level History | 6 | ||
| Introduction: The changing nature of warfare, 1859-1991: perception and reality | 8 | ||
| Aspects in breadth: war and the American public mind, 1859-1991 | 10 | ||
| 3.1: Reporting and portraying war | 10 | ||
| Introduction | 10 | ||
| How did the impact of new technologies change the reporting of war in the years 1859–1991? | 10 | ||
| Reporting the American Civil War, 1861-65 | 11 | ||
| The impact of illustrations and photography in reporting the American Civil War | 13 | ||
| The impact of the Spanish-American War of 1898 on reporting war | 14 | ||
| The reporting of the First World War, 1914-18 | 15 | ||
| Filming the Second World War | 17 | ||
| Televised reporting of war: the USA in Vietnam, 1965-73 | 19 | ||
| The impact of instantaneous reporting in the First Gulf War, 1990-91 | 23 | ||
| To what extent did the remembrance and portrayal of war change in the years 1859-1991? | 24 | ||
| Ceremonies in remembrance of war | 24 | ||
| The portrayal of war in novels and plays | 26 | ||
| War books and comics | 29 | ||
| Film and television series | 29 | ||
| 3.2: Attempts to influence the public response to war | 38 | ||
| Introduction | 38 | ||
| How far did official attempts to shape the american public’s perception of wars change in the years 1859-1991? | 39 | ||
| The use of speeches | 39 | ||
| Briefings | 44 | ||
| Propaganda and information control | 45 | ||
| Demonising the enemy in the First World War, 1917-18 | 48 | ||
| Propaganda and information control in the Second World War | 49 | ||
| Propaganda and information control: the Vietnam War and First Gulf War | 50 | ||
| How effective was the impact of propaganda and news control in influencing the american public’s response to war in the years 1859-1991? | 52 | ||
| The American Civil War: hostility to conscription | 52 | ||
| The impact of propaganda in the First World War: the wave of anti-German sentiment in 1917 and 1918 in the USA | 56 | ||
| Contrasting success of US governments with the media during the Vietnam War and the First Gulf War | 60 | ||
| Aspects in depth: new technology and its use by military leaders | 66 | ||
| 3.3: Increased firepower and steam power, 1859-70 | 66 | ||
| Introduction | 66 | ||
| How significant was the impact of railways and steam boats on the movement and supply of armies? | 67 | ||
| The mobilisation of the French and Austrian armies in 1859 and problems encountered in their initial deployment | 68 | ||
| How far did firepower increase in the years 1859-70? | 71 | ||
| Colt’s revolver | 71 | ||
| Breech-loading rifles | 71 | ||
| The breech-loader versus muzzle-loader debate | 74 | ||
| Developments in artillery | 75 | ||
| To what extent did military leadership effectively use planning and new technologies in the years 1859-70? | 77 | ||
| General Ulysses S. Grant’s use of new technologies in the American Civil War, 1863-65 | 77 | ||
| Von Moltke and the Prussian General Staff and their influence on military planning | 83 | ||
| 3.4: Technology of defence: machine guns, smokeless powder and artillery, c1900-16 | 86 | ||
| Introduction | 86 | ||
| How significant was the development of smokeless propellants and machine guns on military thought and planning before 1914? | 86 | ||
| The impact of the development of smokeless propellants | 87 | ||
| The impact of machine guns on military thought and planning before 1914 | 89 | ||
| How far did developments in french and german artillery affect their military planning before 1914? | 91 | ||
| The impact of the French 75mm field gun on the French Plan XVII | 91 | ||
| The Schlieffen Plan and German heavy artillery | 94 | ||
| To what extent did improvements in technology affect the nature of warfare on the western front in the first world war in the years 1914-16? | 98 | ||
| The role of technology in a failure of a war of movement, Western Front, 1914 | 98 | ||
| The roles of Helmuth von Moltke the Younger and Joffre | 100 | ||
| The use of new technologies in a war of attrition on the Western Front: Falkenhayn’s assault on Verdun and Pétain's defence, 1916 | 102 | ||
| 3.5: Radios, the internal combustion engine and mobile warfare, 1917-40 | 108 | ||
| Introduction | 108 | ||
| How significant was the impact of the internal combustion engine and the radio on the nature of war in the first world war in the years 1917-18? | 109 | ||
| Introduction: the static nature of warfare on the WesternFront, 1914-17 | 109 | ||
| The impact of the tank in warfare in 1917 and 1918 | 110 | ||
| The role of aircraft in 1917-18 | 114 | ||
| The development and importance of motor transport, 1917-18 | 116 | ||
| The impact of radio in the First World War and its implications for the development of mobile warfare | 117 | ||
| To what extent did new technologies impact on french military planning in the years 1930-40? | 119 | ||
| How far did French defensive military thinking in the 1930s impede the use of new technologies? | 120 | ||
| The role of General Gamelin in the French defeat of 1940 | 122 | ||
| How effectively did German military planning utilise new technologies in the years 1933-40? | 124 | ||
| The evolution of Blitzkrieg | 124 | ||
| The role of Guderian in implementing Blitzkrieg | 125 | ||
| The role of Rommel in achieving victory over France in 1940 | 126 | ||
| 3.6: The war at sea, 1917-45: the impact of submarines, air power and complex codes | 130 | ||
| Introduction | 130 | ||
| How significant was the impact of submarines in the war at sea, 1917-18? | 131 | ||
| Initial German triumph | 131 | ||
| British countermeasures in the unrestricted U-boat warfare campaign | 134 | ||
| How far was the battle of the Atlantic (1939-45) decided by the allied use of new technologies? | 139 | ||
| The impact of submarines in the Second World War, 1939-45 | 139 | ||
| Dönitz and the Battle of the Atlantic | 140 | ||
| The signifi cance of May 1943 as a turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic | 141 | ||
| What was the impact of air power on naval warfare in the pacific war of 1941-42? | 143 | ||
| Admiral Yamamoto and the planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 | 143 | ||
| Yamamoto and Nagumo against Nimitz and Spruance at Midway, 1942 | 147 | ||
| 3.7: Air power and nuclear weapons, 1943-91 | 152 | ||
| Introduction | 152 | ||
| To what extent did developments in aerial warfare impact on strategic planning in the years 1943-91? | 152 | ||
| Bombs and countermeasures | 153 | ||
| Jet engines | 154 | ||
| Nuclear weapons | 154 | ||
| Missiles | 157 | ||
| Impact of technological change on strategic planning | 158 | ||
| How effective was terror bombing by Britain and the USA in the years 1943-45? | 159 | ||
| The RAF bombing offensive against Germany, 1943 | 159 | ||
| Curtis Le May’s bombing attacks on Tokyo and Hiroshima | 164 | ||
| How effective was air power in the vietnam war and the first gulf war? | 166 | ||
| US air power and North Vietnam, 1964-73 | 166 | ||
| US air power in the First Gulf War, 1991 | 170 | ||
| Preparing for your A Level Paper 3 exam | 175 | ||
| Index | 188 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 191 |