Summary: Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to know for Edexcel AS History: The Experience of Warfare.Written by experienced teachers, this series closely combines the content of Edexcel AS History: The Experience of Warfare with revision activities and advice on exam technique. Each section has a model answer with exam tips for you to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam.Makes revision manageable by condensing topics into easy-to-revise chunksEncourages active revision by closely combining content with a variety of different activitiesHelps improve exam technique through tailor-made activities and plenty of guidance on how to answer questionsIncludes access to quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotesCONTENTS:Section 1: The impact of the Crimean WarThe causes and course of the warThe impact of war reporting - Russell and FentonDepictions and remembrances of the warMedical and nursing provision during the Crimean WarDisorganisation and inefficiency in the British ArmyMedical, army and civil service reformExam focusSection 2: The impact of the Second Boer WarThe causes and course of the warThe impact of reporting and propagandaSupport for and opposition to the warConcentration camps and guerrilla warfareThe Boer War, imperialism and national efficiencyArmy reform and social reformsExam focusSection 3: The experience of war on the Western FrontThe causes and course of the warTrench warfare and the Western FrontThe Battle of the Somme July-November 1916The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1917-1918Discipline and morale in the British ArmyMedical and surgical developmentsExam focusSection 4: The impact of the First World War on the Home FrontDORA and government controlThe creation and recruitment of a mass armySupport for and opposition to the warThe war economyThe impact of the war on womenPropaganda and public attitudesExam focus
Table of Contents: IntroductionSection 1: The impact of the Crimean WarThe causes and course of the warThe impact of war reporting - Russell and FentonDepictions and remembrances of the warMedical and nursing provision during the Crimean WarDisorganisation and inefficiency in the British ArmyMedical, army and civil service reformExam focusSection 2: The impact of the Second Boer WarThe causes and course of the warThe impact of reporting and propagandaSupport for and opposition to the warConcentration camps and guerrilla warfareThe Boer War, imperialism and national efficiencyArmy reform and social reformsExam focusSection 3: The experience of war on the Western FrontThe causes and course of the warTrench warfare and the Western FrontThe Battle of the Somme July-November 1916The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1917-1918Discipline and morale in the British ArmyMedical and surgical developmentsExam focusSection 4: The impact of the First World War on the Home FrontDORA and government controlThe creation and recruitment of a mass armySupport for and opposition to the warThe war economyThe impact of the war on womenPropaganda and public attitudesExam focusGlossaryTimelineAnswersMark scheme
About the Author(s): Barbara Warnock teaches history at Longroad Sixth Form College, Cambridge.
Contributors: Edited by Robin Bunce and Laura Williams
Readership: AS history students studying this unit
