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For history essays it is easy to throw in a lot of dates and quotes and feel as if you are backing up your argument effectively because you have provided "evidence". You must ensure however, tha...

You should start with an introduction. The main aim of the introduction is to put the essay question into context, so that the examiner knows you are aware of the time period. However, even at this stage ...

There were four main causes of the First World War before the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliances. Nationalism: this caused aggression between the...

To be successful and effective when carrying out a primary source analysis, you must first understand what a primary source actually is. In historic or literary terms, a primary source is a document or im...

Leon Trotsky described war as “the locomotive of history”, a statement which seems very much to apply to the Russian period 1855-1964, during which war was an influence on almost every aspect of society a...