Strongman (politics)
Strongman (politics) For the athletic meaning, see strength athlete A strongman is a political leader who rules by ... is often used interchangeably with "dictator." A strongman is not necessarily always a formal Head ... the term is used to describe a military or political figure who exercises far more ... Noriega, for example, was often dubbed the "Strongman of Panama" for the enormous amount ...
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User:Kevin Baas/Analysis of UK Cabinet Office documents
... Prime Minister took the decision to support military regime change in March 2002, his officials ... that such a decision preceded even this military timetable. 6. Contrary to this evidence, the ... building up pressure on Saddam, and developing military plans. There is a lead time of ... Security Council could provide the justification for military action. careful [military] planning…. coalition building: diplomacy…. incentives: as ...
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Indonesian Civil War
... and forces loyal to a right-wing military faction led by to General Abdul Haris ... alliance with the Communist Party of Indonesia. Military split These same policies, however, won Sukarno ... number of ties with officers of the military through exchanges and arms deals. This fostered a split in the military's ranks, with the United States and ... leading to famine conditions, the right-wing military adopted regional command structure through which ...
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Ferdinand Marcos
... as human rights abuses by the powerful military and rampant corruption in the government. In ... the Philippine bar examinations the same year. Military career During World War II, Marcos served ... 1966. In support for the U.S. military efforts in South Vietnam, he agreed to ... Reagan and Lyndon Johnson. He launched major military campaigns against Communist New People's Army ... well as graft and corruption by the military emerged, as made manifest by the ...
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Talk:Republic of China
... made democracy susceptible to undue influence by military strongmen. Dr. Sun is reacting against the ... his inability to effect a democracy without military power--thus he allows someone like Yuan ... were not to allow a "good guy" military strongman to take over the Republic. This is ... Sun envisioned three stages of national development: military unification, political tutelage, and constitutional democracy. ...
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New Order (Indonesia)
... the United States would cultivate ties through military education and equipment sales. Among those in ... and the right-wing camp of the military created elaborate smuggling networks. These networks would ... be reassigned to a job at the military college in Jakarta. Disrupted momentarily, this regional ... to deal directly with the right-wing military. Beginnings of the New Order After being ... organization of anti-Chinese pogroms in 1998. Military rule The liquidatation and banning of ...
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Saddam Hussein
... came to power in Iraq in a military coup in 1963. However, torn by rife ... Iraqi armed forces. He rapidly became the strongman of the government. The US government, through ... weapons against civilians, but the use against military objectives was seen as inevitable in the ... the Persian Gulf. Iraq successfully gained some military and financial aid from the United States ... for foreign credit would eventually humiliate the strongman who had long sought to dominate ...
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History of Thailand (1932-1973)
... 1932 to 1973 was dominated by the military dictatorship which was in power for much ... minister after the war. A succession of military dictators followed Pridi's ousting — Phibun ... Lannathai History of Isan Internal conflict The military came to power in the bloodless Siamese ... people, not for a select few. The military would retain this power, with intermittent periods ... civilians led by Phraya Mano, the senior military faction led by Phraya Phahon; the ...
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Baath Party
... in the officer corps of the Syrian military. However, this was at best a mixed ... a dramatic turn in 1954 when the military regime of Adib al-Shishakli was overthrown ... and sought to recruit support among the military. The assassination of Ba'thist colonel Adnan ... union. They decided to form a secret military committee: its initial members were Lieutenant-Colonel ... experience for Syria, and in 1961 a military coup in Damascus brought it to ...
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History of Thailand since 1973
... a difficult and sometimes bloody transition from military to civilian rule, with several reversals along ... a brief, unstable period of democracy, with military rule being reimposed after a coup in 1976. The military rule was unstable, with several coups and ... who took charge as head of the military government but who received a democratic mandate ... democracy apart from a brief period of military rule from 1991 to 1992. The ...
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