History A-Level
Suppression of domestic opposition
What Suppression of domestic opposition means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The war was used to suppress opposition, with the Campaign to Suppress Counter-Revolutionaries intensified during the conflict and targeting perceived enemies of the state.
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