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- American Civil War [r]: Major war 1861-65 fought over slavery in which the U.S. defeated the secessionist Confederate States of America. [e]
- American Revolution [r]: The political and military action of the American colonists who overthrew British control between 1763-1789. [e]
- Army [r]: Either the largest type of formation for a land-based military force, or the entirety of a nation's military force responsible for its land defenses. [e]
- Authorization for the Use of Military Force [r]: Primary Congressional authorization, compliant with the War Powers Resolution, for U.S. combat activities following the 9-11 attacks [e]
- Ben Salomon [r]: A United States Army dental officer, who was killed in action protecting a U.S. military hospital, during the Battle of Saipan from being overrun by Japanese troops; received a long-posthumous Medal of Honor after extensive review and special legislation [e]
- Bill Maher [r]: (1956—) American comedian, political commentator and presenter of Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO. [e]
- Castle [r]: A building which was designed to protect people and property inside, and typically belonged to an important or wealthy person such as a lord or monarch. [e]
- Convention against Torture [r]: An international treaty, created in 1984 and at least partially agreed-to by 146 countries, to deny the legality of torture and take steps to abolish its use [e]
- Delphi method [r]: Systematic, recursive, interactive forecasting method for obtaining forecasts from a panel of independent experts. [e]
- Every War Must End [r]: An examination of the endstates resulting from the use of military force, and how consideration of the endstate is a key part of planning, if disaster is to be avoided [e]
- Extrajudicial detention, U.S. [r]: Situations where the Executive Branch of the United States government has detained individuals without the authority of the judicial branch of government; there have been many cases going back to through the early history of the nation, sometimes during overt war, and, perhaps better known at present, directed against non-national threats. [e]
- Extrajudicial detention [r]: The policy and practice of holding prisoners captive without judicial authority to do so, or without a recognized authority under international law, such capture of prisoners of war [e]
- Fourth Geneva Convention [r]: International agreement specifying the obligations of an Occupying Power towards civilians in an area it controls [e]
- French fries [r]: Thin sticks of potato that have been deep-fried. [e]
- Geneva Conventions [r]: For international law, the principal group of treaties addressing humanitarian aspects of war [e]
- Human rights [r]: Natural civil and political rights considered universal and applicable to all human beings worldwide. [e]
- International law [r]: The formal conduct of interactions between nation-states, both at the national level and on behalf of their citizens; generally accepted as first formalized by Hugo Grotius. [e]
- Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation [e]
- Joan of Arc [r]: A French peasant girl (ca. 1412 – 1431) who led her nation's armies during the Hundred Years' War and became a national heroine and saint. [e]
- Journalism [r]: Practice of writing about daily events of interest to people - politics, international affairs, sports, etc. [e]
- Mexican-American War [r]: (1846-1848) war between Mexico and the United States over Mexican territories between the Gila and Rio Grande Rivers in the south and the 42d parallel north (Texas and the Mexican Cession) [e]
- Military [r]: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. [e]
- Morrígan [r]: Apparent goddess from Irish mythology, associated with war, death, cattle and prophesy. [e]
- Occupying Power [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Penguin [r]: Large-bodied flightless birds found from their southernmost range on Antarctica to north on the Galapagos Islands at the equator. [e]
- Preemptive attack [r]: A military attack intended to neutralize an attack imminently being prepared by one's opponent, and justified as self-defense [e]
- Preventive attack [r]: A doctrine in which an actor uses military force on an opponent who is not believed to be preparing an attack on the actor using prevention, but whose activities, such as taking control of territory or building weapons of mass destruction pose a long-term threat to the critical interests of the actor. The attack may signal the start of a war, or be a strategic move within an existing war. [e]
- Social Gospel [r]: Protestant intellectual movement that applied Christian principles to social problems. [e]
- Social contract [r]: Agreement among the members of an organized society or between the governed and the government defining and limiting the rights and duties of each. [e]
- State [r]: A set of political institutions exercising sovereign political authority over a territory. [e]
- Superhero [r]: Fictional figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. [e]
- Third Geneva Convention [r]: In international law, the primary treaty governing the status and treatment of prisoners of war [e]
- Universal jurisdiction [r]: A concept in international law that allows a nation to prosecute an individual charged with offenses against humanity, with no requirement that the defendant or victim be a national of the Requesting State or indeed, that there are any links to the Requesting State and the defendant [e]
- Vietnam War [r]: A post-colonial independence/Cold War conflict between communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam, assisted by the United States (1955-1975), to unify Vietnam; won by North Vietnam in 1975. [e]
- War Powers Resolution [r]: 1973 U.S. law setting limits on Presidential authority to conduct hostilities without Congressional authorization [e]
- William Howard Taft [r]: (1857 – 1930) The 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States. [e]
- World War II [r]: War between the Allies (most notably the UK, US and Soviet Union) and the Axis (principally Germany and Japan) 1939–1945. [e]
- World War I [r]: Massive international conflict involving the Allies and Central Powers between 1914-1918. [e]
