a Dictator a ruler with total power over a country (typically one who has obtained power by force). Maximilien Robespierre became a dictator for about a year (known as the Reign of Terror ), during this time he killed thousands of people who started the French Revolution to prevent another one from starting during his reign. Finally, in December 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor and making France a monarchy again. All of the government changes had taken place from 1789-1804. If I were in France
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The Ethiopian Red Terror: A Sociological Perspective The Ethiopian Red Terror took place in the 1970’s after the aristocracy was overthrown. The violent actions were a result of a political power struggle between the Provisional Military Administrative council (Derg), and the Ethiopia People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP). The Derg began mass killings and imprisonments for anyone they deemed to be counter-revolutionary, to which the EPRP responded with their own violence, which escalated to genocide
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It is commonly believed that the French revolution started in 1789 and ended in 1799, with Napoleon staging a coup d'etat, and eventually taking power. This, however, was not the end of the french revolution. The french revolution began in 1789, while france was under the rule of King Louis XVI, and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette. The pair were very unpopular with the public. Louis was only fifteen by the time he was declared king, and Marie was only fourteen. Louis was a timid, indecisive boy
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Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror POL 201: American National Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror Habeas Corpus is a term unlikely known to many detainees in Guantanamo Bay. The war on terror has gone from protecting our country from terrorist, to slowly but surely doing onto these detainees what other tyrants were doing before us. Habeas Corpus is a law that was placed in the constitution in order for guarantee that no one would be held prisoner without
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overview of the long string of Islamic fundamentalist attacks on American interests and the homeland, from the Meir Kahane assassination, on November 5, 1990, to the attacks on September 11, 2001. In fact, they trace some of the origins of the reign of terror back to groups like the Black Liberation Army, which ended up overlapping with Muslim fundamentalists groups, helping to train them and to acquire arms. It was actually in 1980, when the BLA, Black Panthers, Weather Underground, and others were
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In his speech to his followers in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden “declared war” on the United States, with the belief that they were persecuting Muslims. He states that by discontinuing the use of American goods coupled with Mujahedeen militant operations, they will be able to defeat the Americans. Bin Laden then motivates his audience by listing their previous attacks on the US and the lack of reciprocated action. He continues to rally his followers by comparing the motivation of the radical Islamic
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These huge profits that they make have largely supported the sustenance of the reign of terror that these violent contingents have executed for years now. In several ways terrorism is in fact a business and a very successful one. The crimes they commit – assassinations, extortions, kidnappings, human trafficking, arms trafficking, drug
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sense of dread and helplessness as the travelers accept their defeat. Such a tone is expressed in Beowulf as Grendel terrorizes the men of Herot. Hrothgar, watching his men die at the hands of the monster, sees no way of escape from Grendel’s reign of terror. Moreover, a similar despairing attitude occurs in The Hobbit as Thorin’s company is capture by goblins under the Misty Mountains. There, the dwarves and hobbit find themselves defenseless and in entirely unfamiliar territory with little hope
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The 1972 Summer Olympic were supposed to be a new beginning. Germany had a dream to show the world a new face of optimism at the XX Olympic Games in Munich. After the reign of Hitler, Germany wanted the world to know that the country turned a new leaf. The dream instead turned into a nightmare filled with tragedy and chaos. Eleven Israeli Olympic team members were killed by Arab terrorists. As the Summer Olympics were occurring, eight Palestinian terrorists passed security with ease. The group of
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Brief Overview The world’s dilemmas and terrors have yet again cast their long shadows on the face of the earth. French muslim extremists together with their compatriots recently launched their largest simultaneous attacks in Paris, France, killing hundreds and injuring hundreds more. It was just one of the many conflicts happening around the world due to race or political agendas, resulting in a breakdown of trust between communities. Explanation According to the definition by United Nations’ Division
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