History A-Level
Civil war devastation
What Civil war devastation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Civil war devastation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The civil war between the GMD and CCP had devastated China by 1949, bringing mass displacement, food shortages and a shattered economy.
Topics that use Civil war devastation
- Establishing communist rule (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Consolidation of Communist control through external conflict
- Democratic centralism
- Economic weakness
- five antis
- Human and economic costs of war
- Infrastructure collapse
- Laogai system
- Military-political fusion
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