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Totalitarianism |
the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
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War |
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or betweenparties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
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Guerrilla
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a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare,harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication andsupply lines, etc.
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Holocaust |
a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
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Genocide |
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial,political, or cultural group.
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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.
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Revolution |
an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of anestablished government or political system by the people governed.
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Dictatorship |
a country, government, or the form of government in which absolutepower is exercised by a dictator.
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Communism |
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of allproperty in common, actual ownership being ascribed to thecommunity as a whole or to the state.
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Cold war |
Growing out of post-World War II tensions between the two nations, the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Society |
an organized group of persons associated together for religious,benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
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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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