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totalitarianism

totalitarianism

imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralizedcontrol over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed


www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/totalitarianism


http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/totalitarian


http://www.history-ontheweb.co.uk/concepts/totalitarianism.htm

War

War

a state or period of fighting between countries or groups


www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war


http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/war


http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/war

Guerrilla

Guerrilla

A member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against largerregular forces:


www.wordreference.com/definicion/guerrilla


​www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guerrilla


Holocaust

Holocaust

the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holocaust


http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/holocaust


holocaust

Genocide

Genocide

particularly shocking and horrific crime of violence which it was then believed could never happen again. That it has been put into practice so many times in one century is even more shocking.


http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html


www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genocide


http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/defining-genocide

Dirty war

Dirty war

a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime againstrevolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's useof kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilianpopulation often the victims.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dirty+war


www.collinsdictionary.com


http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/argentina.htm

Revolution

Revolution

the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolution


http://dictionary.cambridge.org

Dictatorship

Dictatorship

rule by a dictator : rule, control, or leadership by one person with total power


https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Dictatorship.html


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictatorship

Communism

Communism

A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.


http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/communism.html


http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/communism


http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/britanico/communism

Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War is the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSRafter World War Two. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises occurred - the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary and the Berlin Wall being just some. For many, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue.


http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/what%20was%20the%20cold%20war.htm


dictionary.reference.com/browse/cold+war

Society

Society

people in general thought of as living together in organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/society


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/society


http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/society

Civil Society

Civil Society

the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary,etc, that make up a democratic society


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civil+society


http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/civil-society


http://pages.uoregon.edu/kimball/cvc.pbl.htm