Domestic political pressure
What Domestic political pressure means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Domestic political pressure
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Intense US domestic pressure and the economic strain of the war drove the peace negotiations of 1972–73.
Topics that use Domestic political pressure
- Option 33: Key topic 4: Reactions to, and the end of, US involvement in Vietnam, 1964–75 - 3 The peace process and end of the war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Diplomacy and negotiation
- Economic impact
- Military coercion
- Cold War geopolitics
- Human casualties
- Psychological trauma
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