History A-Level
Isolation of the apartheid regime
What Isolation of the apartheid regime means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The global anti-apartheid movement, including the British AAM and the UN's 1973 designation of apartheid as a crime against humanity, isolated the apartheid regime and strengthened the ANC's cause.
Topics that use Isolation of the apartheid regime
- Redefining resistance and challenges to National Party power, 1968–83 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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