Summary:
GCSE Modern World History for Edexcel is designed to meet the needs of the Edexcel Modern World History specification. Each title in the series covers a popular combination of an outline and depth study - allowing for depth and skills progression throughout the course.Written by senior examiners, the series has been developed to enable students to achieve the highest possible grades through:

- outlining key lines of enquiry

- full coverage of the content requirements of the specification

- model answers

- exam-style questions and exam tips to aid exam preparation

- dedicated support with assessment - with differing approaches to the outline and depth study appropriate to their different needs

- a variety of activities to motivate all students.



This book combines all the in-depth knowledge and exam advice needed for The Rise and Fall of the Communist State: The Soviet Union 1928-1991 outline study with a skills-centered, source-based approach for The Russian Revolution 1910-1924 depth study. This combination is designed to help students access the higher grades while giving a coherent, stimulating pathway throughout the course.

• Exam advice, interrogation of model answers and lines of enquiry give students all the help they need to do well in exams.
• A coherent pathway through the Edexcel course to enable students to access the higher grades.
• Written by senior examiners as a result of feedback received from teachers and students - resulting in a book that teachers want and students need.
• Endorsed by Edexcel.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to Depth Study: The Russian Revolution, c1910-24
3. Russia before the First World War
4. Opposition to tsarist rule
5. The impact of the First World War on Russia
6. Russia in 1917
7. The Nature of the Bolshevik Takeover
8. Bolshevik Rule and its Impact, 1917-24
9. Introduction to Outline Study: The Rise and Fall of the Communist State: The Soviet Union, 1928-91
10. The nature of Stalin's dictatorship
11. Changes in industry and agriculture under Stalin
12. The Soviet Union, 1941-53
13. Khrushchev and the Soviet Union
14. The decline and fall of the Communist State
15. Glossary
16. Index

About the Author(s):
John Wright is an experienced author of GCSE textbooks and a senior examiner from a major awarding body

Steve Waugh is an experienced author of GCSE textbooks and senior examiner from a major awarding body.

Readership:
GCSE students