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Winning hearts and minds — Edexcel GCSE History Definition | GradeGen

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Winning hearts and minds

GCSE History · key term

Winning hearts and minds

Definition

Gaining the trust and support of a population, rather than relying only on military force.

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Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

Paper 3

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Edexcel History past papers

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