History A-Level
Key decision makers
What Key decision makers means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Figures such as Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and Sir Edward Grey, who acted on complex motives including national prestige, alliance obligations and domestic pressures.
Topics that use Key decision makers
- 2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941 (A-level only) – The coming of war, 1911–1917 (AQA A-Level)
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