History GCSE
Dictatorial power
What Dictatorial power means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Dictatorial power
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Mao's absolute control over the Party, demonstrated when he purged Peng Dehuai at the Lushan Conference.
Topics that use Dictatorial power
- Option 32: Key topic 2: Economic policy, 1949–65 - 3 The Great Leap Forward (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Abolition of private farming
- Communal living
- Lysenkoism
- Mass mobilisation
- Agricultural mismanagement
- People's Communes
- Political purge and fear
- The Great Famine
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