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Milky Way

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Position of the sun in the Milky Way Milky Way, the galaxy of which the sun and solar system are a part, seen as a broad band of light arching across the night sky from horizon…

Spanish-American War

(Encyclopedia) Spanish-American War, 1898, brief conflict between Spain and the United States arising out of Spanish policies in Cuba. It was, to a large degree, brought about by the efforts of U.S.…

pacifism

(Encyclopedia) pacifism, advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of…

strategy and tactics

(Encyclopedia) strategy and tactics, in warfare, related terms referring, respectively, to large-scale and small-scale planning to achieve military success. Strategy may be defined as the general…

Orthodox Eastern Church

(Encyclopedia) Orthodox Eastern Church, community of Christian churches whose chief strength is in the Middle East and E Europe. Their members number some 300 million worldwide. The Orthodox agree…

State Department Notes on Mauritius

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations Defense U.S.-Mauritian Relations HISTORYWhile Arab and Malay sailors knew…

Thomas Aquinas, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Thomas Aquinas, SaintThomas Aquinas, Saintəkwīˈnəs [key] [Lat.,=from Aquino], 1225–74, Italian philosopher and theologian, Doctor of the Church, known as the Angelic Doctor, b. Rocca…

nationalism

(Encyclopedia) nationalism, political or social philosophy in which the welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount. Nationalism is basically a collective state of mind or…