NCES.CW.H.4 - Analyze Cold War policies, doctrines and diplomacy in terms of their development, implementation and strategic relevance.
- NCES.CW.H.4.1 - Analyze various policy plans and doctrines in terms of their development, implementation and strategic relevance during the Cold War.
- NCES.CW.H.4.2 - Analyze various post World War II alliances in terms of their development and strategic relevance during the Cold War.
- NCES.CW.H.4.3 - Analyze the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction in terms of its impact on the development of new technologies and strategies during the Cold War.
- NCES.CW.H.4.4 - Explain the impact of competing interpretations of communism/socialism, such as Stalinism and Maoism, on Cold War policies and diplomacy.
- NCES.CW.H.4.5 - Explain the onset and impact of the decline of European colonialism, and the subsequent rise of nationalism on Cold War policies and diplomacy.
- NCES.CW.H.4.6 - Exemplify strategic compromises during the Cold War.
- NCES.CW.H.4.7 - Evaluate the effectiveness of Cold War policies adopted by the United States and the Soviet Union in terms of their enduring cultural, economic and diplomatic impacts.