Search results
May 5, 2024 · Shining Path, Peruvian revolutionary organization that endorsed Maoism and employed guerrilla tactics and violent terrorism. The Shining Path was founded in 1970 in a multiple split in the Communist Party of Peru. It took its name from the maxim of the founder of Peru’s first communist party, José.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 ( c. 7.8 million).
- 17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979 (3 years, 8 months and 20 days)
- Democratic Kampuchea
- 1.5 to 2 million
- Khmer Rouge
Apr 23, 2024 · One may argue that political philosophy is distant from the mandate of the NSF Political Science Program. However, as elaborated in the second half of this study, this distinction is itself a political construction. It is a form of boundary work that is not operative in similar government-sponsored funding agencies abroad.
2 days ago · The Guatemalan genocide, also referred to as the Maya genocide, or the Silent Holocaust (Spanish: Genocidio guatemalteco, Genocidio maya, or Holocausto silencioso), was the massacre of Maya civilians during the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) by successive US-backed Guatemalan military governments.
- 166,000 Maya, 200,000 total
- Guatemalan government, local militias
May 10, 2024 · A biological attack, or bioterrorism, is the intentional release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs that can sicken or kill people, livestock, or crops. Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that causes anthrax, is one of the most likely agents to be used in a biological attack.
2 days ago · The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, "Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. [1] Such laws remained in force until 1965. [2]
May 9, 2024 · Ernst Rüdiger, prince von (prince of) Starhemberg was a politician, leader of the Austrian Heimwehr (a paramilitary defense force), and in 1934–36 the head of the government-sponsored right-wing coalition of parties called the Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front). Although he was a participant
