Mao's Rule of China: Aims, successes, failures

A podcast covering the key bullet points of the IBDP History Syllabus, based around the scheme of work at www.activehistory.co.uk:Consolidation and maintenance of power• Use of legal methods; use of force; charismatic leadership; dissemination of propaganda• Nature, extent and treatment of opposition• The impact of the success and/or failure of foreign policy on the maintenance of powerAims and results of policies• Aims and impact of domestic economic, political, cultural and social policies• The impact of policies on women and minorities• Authoritarian control and the extent to which it was achieved