Chapter 30: The War to End War, 1917-1918
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belligerent
| a nation formally at war.
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Bolshevik
| the radical majority faction of the Russian Socialist party that seized power in the October 1917 revolution; they later took the name Communist.
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collective security
| in international affairs, reliance on a group of nations or an international organization as protection against aggressors, rather than on national self-defense alone.
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conscientious objector
| a person who refuses to participate in war on grounds of conscience or belief.
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Contraband
| goods prohibited from being imported or exported; in time of war, contraband included materials of war.
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Demagogue
| a politician who arouses fervor by appealing to the lowest emotions of a mass audience, such as fear, hatred, and greed.
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Isolationism
| in American diplomacy, the traditional belief that the United States should refrain from involvement in overseas politics, alliances, or wars, and confine its national security interest to its own borders (anti-internationalism).
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Mandate
| under the League of Nations (1919-1939), a specific commission that authorized a trustee to administer a former colonial territory.
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Mobilization
| the organization of a nation and its armed forces for war.
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Parliamentary
| concerning political systems in which the government is constituted from the controlling party's members in the legislative assembly.
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Protectorate
| in international affairs, a weaker or smaller country held to be under the guidance or protection of a major power; the arrangement is a weaker form of imperialism of colonialism.
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Ration
| a fixed allowance of food or other scarce commodity.
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Reparations
| payments required as compensation for damage or injury.
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Reservation
| a portion of a deed, contract, or treaty that places conditions or restrictions on the general obligations.
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Salient
| a portion of a battle line that extends forward into enemy territory. |
