History A-Level
Military restoration of order
What Military restoration of order means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Military restoration of order
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After 1968 the PLA restored order by disbanding Red Guard factions and installing revolutionary committees, which still enforced Maoist politics.
Topics that use Military restoration of order
- The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Anarchy, terror and social breakdown
- capitalist roaders
- Decline of the Gang of Four and Mao’s death
- Mao’s personality cult and youth mobilisation
- Rehabilitation of senior leaders
- Rural relocation of urban youth
- The ‘four olds’ and cultural destruction
- foreigners living in China
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