History A-Level
Human and economic costs of war
What Human and economic costs of war means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Human and economic costs of war
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Chinese casualties are estimated at several hundred thousand, and increased military expenditure diverted resources from economic reconstruction and caused inflation and hardship.
Topics that use Human and economic costs of war
- Establishing communist rule (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Civil war devastation
- Consolidation of Communist control through external conflict
- Democratic centralism
- Economic weakness
- five antis
- Infrastructure collapse
- Laogai system
- Military-political fusion
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