History A-Level
War economy, cost and the contested meaning of victory
What War economy, cost and the contested meaning of victory means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Heavy industry and state control expanded, but inflation, debt and food shortages hurt workers and peasants, and victory left a mutilated peace and deep social divisions.
Topics that use War economy, cost and the contested meaning of victory
- The liberal state, c1911–18 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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