History A-Level
Wartime leadership and conscription
What Wartime leadership and conscription means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Wartime leadership and conscription
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Northcliffe campaigned for compulsory military service and criticised aspects of the conduct of the war through his papers.
Topics that use Wartime leadership and conscription
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 1 The age of the press barons, 1914–36 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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