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TOTALITARIANISM |
Form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government. Centralized control by an autocratic authority
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/totalitarianism
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WAR |
A conflict among political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. A state or period of fighting between countries or groups.
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GUERRILLA |
Member of an irregular military force fighting small-scale, limited actions, in concert with an overall political-military strategy, against conventional military forces.
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HOLOCAUST |
The systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.
http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269548/Holocaust |
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GENOCIDE |
The deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.
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DIRTY WAR |
A war that is not fought in a conventional way observing the rules of war, but is a clandestine war involving assassinations, torture, murder, etc.
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REVOLUTION |
The usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one. Typically violent alteration in government and in related associations and structures.
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DICTATORSHIP |
Form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.Rule by a dictator: rule, control, or leadership by one person with total power.
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http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/162240/dictatorship
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COMMUNISM |
Political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control.
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COLD WAR |
A conflict or dispute between two groups that does not involve actual fighting.
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SOCIETY |
People who live together and share in organized communities and that share law, traditions, and values.
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CIVIL SOCIETY |
The elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, etc, that make up a democratic society.
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