History A-Level
Political violence and repression
What Political violence and repression means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Political violence and repression
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Both sides used political terror: Nationalist terror was systematic and state-sanctioned, targeting leftists, while Republican terror often involved spontaneous, anti-clerical violence by local militias.
Topics that use Political violence and repression
- The Spanish Civil War, 1936–39 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Atrocity and civilian experience
- Civil-military conflict
- Foreign intervention and non-intervention
- Gender roles and emancipation
- Geography and resources of war
- Ideological conflict
- Ideological fragmentation vs. unity
- International diplomacy and appeasement
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