Updated for the 2013 Specification.

Written by experts and endorsed by WJEC, this series gives students in-depth topic-focused content and structured support with exam skills for WJEC GCSE History.

This series for WJEC GCSE History has been written to encourage students to achieve their best. It does this by combining detailed narrative and a rich variety of sources with a highly structured approach to gradually developing students' skills in answering exam-style questions as they work through the course.

Allows students to gain a good knowledge and understanding of the content by outlining and examining the key issues of the GCSE history topic in turn.
Develops students enthusiasm for learning the topic through a variety of activities designed to engage and motivate them.

Helps student feel secure in how they will be assessed by providing dedicated support in how to answer different exam-style questions, including exam-model answers, exam tips and commentary.

This book is part of a book series called Wjhi .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 120 pages in this book. This is a study guide book. This book was published 2012 by Hodder Education .

Steve Waugh is an experienced author of GCSE textbooks for a major awarding body. John Wright was an experienced A Level History teacher and has written in the Access to History for the IB Diploma and GCSE Modern World History series.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction Section A: The causes and impact of the Russian Revolutions of 1917 Chapter 1: What were the causes of the Revolutions of 1917? Chapter 2: What were the main developments during the Bolshevik seizure of power? Chapter 3: What were the consequences of the Revolutions of 1917? Section B: The causes and impact of the Civil War, 1918-21 Chapter 4: What were the principal causes of the Civil War? Chapter 5: Who were the main sides in the Civil War? Chapter 6: Why were the Reds able to win the Civil War? Section C: The development of the Communist state, 1921-1924 Chapter 7: Why did Lenin introduce the NEP and how successful was it? Chapter 8: Did Lenin succeed in establishing a Communist state in Russia? Chapter 9: What was Lenin's legacy to Russia?