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14 Cards in this Set
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War |
violent conflict between nations or organized groups |
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Peace |
Absence of violent conflict |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction |
weapons with the capacity to kill many thousands of people at one time |
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Military industrial Complex |
the close association of the federal government, the military, and the defense industries. |
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Total War |
Deadly conflict that targets both populations centers and military targets. |
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Concentration Camps |
Centers where prisoners are confined for purposes of state security exploitation, punishment, or execution. |
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War Crime |
an offense against the law of war as established by international agreements and international law |
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Nuclear Weapons |
bombs that use atomic reactions to generate enormous destructive force. |
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Nuclear Proliferation |
the acquisition of nuclear weapon technology by more and more nations. |
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Deterrence |
a strategy to keep peace based on the threat of retaliation. |
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Arms Control |
International Agreements on the development, testing, production, and deployment of weapons. |
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Terrorism |
unlawful, typically random acts of violence or threat of violence by and individual, group, or government to achieve a political goal. |
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State Sponsored Terrorism |
the practice by one government of providing money, weapons, and training to terrorists who engage in violence in another nation. |
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Repressive State Terrorism |
government use of violence within its own national boarders to suppress political opposition. |