History GCSE
Crisis management
What Crisis management means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Crisis management
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The construction of the Wall resolved the immediate refugee crisis for the Soviet Union and East Germany and ultimately stabilised the situation in Europe.
Topics that use Crisis management
- Option P4: Key topic 2: Cold War crises, 1958–70 - 2 Cold War crises (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Brezhnev Doctrine
- Human impact of the Cold War
- Orthodox communism
- Physical and ideological division
- Prague Spring
- Propaganda and perception
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