History A-Level
Sport as propaganda
What Sport as propaganda means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Sport as propaganda
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Sport, particularly Olympic success, became a major tool for international prestige and domestic pride, with the state-sponsored sports system producing numerous Olympic medals.
Topics that use Sport as propaganda
- The development of the East German state, 1961–85 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Basic Treaty
- COMECON and economic dependency
- Consumer goods and living standards
- Economic reform and recentralisation
- Impact of the Berlin Wall on labour supply
- Ostpolitik
- State control of media
- Stasi
Using Sport as propaganda in the exam
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