The Modern World, CLA-DRE
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Willy Claes is a Belgian statesman who served as secretary-general (1994–95) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization......
Mark Clark was a U.S. Army officer during World War II, who commanded Allied forces (1943–44) during the successful......
Septima Poinsette Clark was an American educator and civil rights activist. Her own experience of racial discrimination......
Georges Clemenceau was a statesman and journalist who was a dominant figure in the French Third Republic and, as......
Code Pink, feminist antiwar organization founded in 2002 to protest U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and......
code talker, any of more than 400 Native American soldiers—including Assiniboin, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Choctaw, Comanche,......
William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was an American clergyman and civil rights activist who achieved national prominence......
Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet......
Colditz Castle, German prisoner-of-war camp in World War II, the site of many daring escape attempts by Allied......
Richard Kidston Law, 1st Baron Coleraine was a British politician who served as minister of state at the Foreign......
collective security, system by which states have attempted to prevent or stop wars. Under a collective security......
Colombia, country of northwestern South America. Its 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of coast to the north are bathed by......
- Introduction
- Drainage, Soils, Geology
- Tropical, Rainforest, Mountains
- Rainforest, Wildlife, Ecosystems
- Settlements, Regions, Diversity
- Trade, Agriculture, Mining
- Coffee, Bananas, Cocoa
- Mining, Quarrying, Resources
- Railways, Roads, Airports
- Health, Welfare, Infrastructure
- Arts, Music, Dance
- Sports, Recreation, Culture
- Revolution, Independence, Culture
- Conservative, Liberal, Struggle
- Liberalism, 1930-46
- La Violencia, Dictatorship, Restoration
- Drug Trafficking, Guerrilla Warfare, Conflict
- Peace, Economy, Culture
Colossus, the first large-scale electronic computer, which went into operation in 1944 at Britain’s wartime code-breaking......
Claudette Colvin is an American woman who was arrested as a teenager in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat......
Comecon, organization established in January 1949 to facilitate and coordinate the economic development of the......
communism, political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with......
Communist Party, Political party organized to facilitate the transition of society from capitalism through socialism......
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the major political party of Russia and the Soviet Union from the Russian......
concentration camp, internment centre for political prisoners and members of national or minority groups who are......
Condor Legion, a unit of the German air force, or Luftwaffe, detailed by Hermann Göring for special duty with General......
Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf was a controversial military strategist and one of the most-influential conservative......
Constantine I was the king of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. His neutralist, but essentially pro-German,......
Constantinople Agreement, (March 18, 1915), secret World War I agreement between Russia, Britain, and France for......
Constituent Assembly, popularly elected body that convened in 1918 in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to write a constitution......
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States (1923–29). Coolidge acceded to the presidency after......
Battle of the Coral Sea, (May 4–8, 1942) World War II naval and air engagement in which a U.S. fleet turned back......
Battle of Corregidor, the successful recapture by U.S. troops on February 16–March 2, 1945, during World War II,......
Costa Rica, country of Central America. Its capital is San José. Of all the Central American countries, Costa Rica......
- Introduction
- Indigenous, Mestizo, Immigrants
- Spanish, Indigenous, English
- Population, Migration, Diversity
- Resources, Power, Ecology
- Roads, Airports, Telecoms
- Health, Welfare, Ecology
- Surfing, Hiking, Wildlife
- Independence, Democracy, Nature
- Democracy, Peace, Stability
- Nature, Economy, Politics
- Nature, Economy, Politics
Leonard Henry Courtney, Baron Courtney was a radical British politician who gained fame as an advocate of proportional......
Maurice Couve de Murville was a French diplomat and economist who served a record term as foreign minister (1958–68).......
Cowra breakout, (August 5, 1944), mass escape by nearly 400 Japanese prisoners of war from a prison camp in Cowra,......
George Creel was an American writer and newspaperman who, as head of the U.S. publicity bureau during World War......
Henry Duncan Graham Crerar was a Canadian army officer who was that country’s leading field commander in World......
Battle of Crete, airborne assault by Nazi Germany on the Greek island of Crete during World War II that took place......
crime, the intentional commission of an act usually deemed socially harmful or dangerous and specifically defined,......
Cromwell tank, British medium tank that was used in the later stages of World War II. The Cromwell was designed......
Walter Cronkite was an American journalist and pioneer of television news programming who became known as “the......
Stanley Crouch was an American journalist and critic noted for his range of interests and for his outspoken essays......
Cuba, country of the West Indies, the largest single island of the archipelago, and one of the more-influential......
- Introduction
- Soils, Climate, Agriculture
- Spanish, Haitian Creole, Sign Language
- Migration, Population, Economy
- Farming, Crops, Fisheries
- Trade, Economy, Exports
- Local Gov, Provinces, Municipalities
- Political System, Elections, Constitution
- Music, Art, Cuisine
- Art, Music, Dance
- Museums, Music, Cuisine
- Slavery, Sugarcane, Caribbean
- Filibustering, Struggle, Independence
- Caribbean, Revolution, Communism
- Revolution, Communism, Fidel Castro
- Revolution, Economy, Politics
Cuban missile crisis, (October 1962), major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close......
Cuban Revolution, armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959.......
Cultural Revolution, upheaval launched by Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong during his last decade in......
culture, behaviour peculiar to Homo sapiens, together with material objects used as an integral part of this behaviour.......
Andrew Browne Cunningham was a British naval officer who was an outstanding combat commander early in World War......
Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham was a British army officer who scored important victories over Italian forces in eastern......
Each U.S. state is headed by a governor who serves as its chief executive. They are directly elected and share......
Sir Arthur William Currie was the first Canadian commander, from 1917, of Canada’s overseas forces in World War......
John Curtin was a statesman, prime minister of Australia during most of World War II, and leader of the Australian......
Curzon Line, demarcation line between Poland and Soviet Russia that was proposed during the Russo-Polish War of......
Vera Charlotte Scott Cushman was an American social worker, an active and influential figure in the early 20th-century......
Czech Republic, landlocked country located in central Europe. It comprises the historical provinces of Bohemia......
- Introduction
- Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia
- Slavs, Bohemians, Moravians
- Manufacturing, Automotive, Tourism
- Resources, Power, Manufacturing
- Services, Economy, Tourism
- Democracy, Unitary State, Constitution
- Culture, Cuisine, Music
- Bohemian, Moravian, Baroque
- Theatre, Puppetry, Opera
- Cultural Institutions
- Bohemia, Moravia, Habsburgs
Czechoslovakia, former country in central Europe encompassing the historical lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia.......
Ottokar Czernin was the foreign minister of Austria-Hungary (1916–18), whose efforts to disengage his country from......
After a prolonged naval and aerial bombardment of German defenses on the Channel coast of France and the Low Countries,......
Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany, established on March 10, 1933, slightly more than five weeks......
Naval Operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, (19 February–18 March......
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix was a French politician who was notorious as an anti-Semite and collaborator with Nazi......
Sue Sophia Dauser was an American nurse and naval officer responsible for preparing the Navy Nurse Corps for World......
David Davies, 1st Baron Davies was a British promoter of the League of Nations, advocate of an international policing......
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was a pilot, officer, and administrator who became the first African American general in......
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. became, in 1940, the first Black general in any branch of the U.S. military. Citing census......
Dawes Plan, arrangement for Germany’s payment of reparations after World War I. On the initiative of the British......
Alcide De Gasperi was a politician and prime minister of Italy (1945–53) who contributed to the material and moral......
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is a Dutch politician who served as secretary-general (2004–09) of the North Atlantic Treaty......
Roy DeCarava was an American photographer whose images of African Americans chronicle subjects such as daily life......
decline of the Ottoman Empire, period of Ottoman history that followed the empire’s zenith in the 16th century......
The Deer Hunter, American dramatic film, released in 1978, that focused on the devastating effects of the Vietnam......
Defence of India Act, (1915), legislation designed to give the government of British India special powers to deal......
Léon Degrelle was the founder and leader of the Rexist Party of Belgium, who collaborated with the Germans during......
Deir Yassin, Palestinian Arab village that was located just west of Jerusalem. On April 9, 1948, on the eve of......
Jane A. Delano was an American nurse and educator who made possible the enlistment of more than 20,000 U.S. nurses......
demilitarized zone (DMZ), region on the Korean peninsula that demarcates North Korea from South Korea. It roughly......
John Demjanjuk was a Ukrainian-born autoworker who was accused of being a Nazi camp guard during World War II.......
Miles Christopher Dempsey was a British army officer who commanded the Second Army, the main British force in the......
Deng Xiaoping was the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China from the late 1970s until his death......
Denmark, country occupying the peninsula of Jutland (Jylland), which extends northward from the center of continental......
- Introduction
- Maritime, Temperate, Mild
- Wildlife, Forests, Coastlines
- Scandinavian, Vikings, Inuit
- Lutheranism, Christianity, Paganism
- Coastal, Islands, Fjords
- Trade, Agriculture, Fisheries
- Agriculture, Fishing, Livestock
- Resources, Power, Economy
- Constitutional Monarchy, Welfare State, Scandinavian
- Politics, Constitution, Monarchy
- Healthcare, Welfare, Quality
- Art, Science, Culture
- Sports, Recreation, Culture
- Media, Publishing, Culture
- Viking, Scandinavia, Jutland
- Medieval, Vikings, Trade
- Church, Lutheranism, Scandinavia
- Medieval, Vikings, Trade
- Margaret I, Kalmar Union
- Reformation, War, Lutheranism
- Absolutism, Monarchy, Constitution
- Economy, Agriculture, Reforms
- Napoleonic Wars, Aftermath
- Schleswig, Holstein, Question
- Welfare State, EU Member, Scandinavian
- Welfare State, Scandinavian, EU
- Renewable Energy, Welfare State, EU Member
deportation, expulsion by executive agency of an alien whose presence in a country is deemed unlawful or detrimental.......
depression, in economics, a major downturn in the business cycle characterized by sharp and sustained declines......
Desert Rats, group of British soldiers who helped defeat the Germans in North Africa during World War II. The Desert......
Jacob L. Devers was a U.S. general during World War II, whose 6th Army Group successfully penetrated German-held......
The Diary of a Young Girl, journal by Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager who chronicled her family’s two years (1942–44)......
Armando Diaz was an Italian general who became chief of staff during World War I. A graduate of the military colleges......
Josef Dietrich was a German SS officer who commanded Adolf Hitler’s bodyguard and later led an SS panzer (armoured)......
Sir John Greer Dill was a British field marshal who became the British chief of staff during the early part of......
disarmament, in international relations, any of four distinct conceptions: (1) the penal destruction or reduction......
dissidents in the Soviet Union and Russia, critics of the regimes in the Soviet Union and 21st-century Russia.......
Djibouti, small strategically located country on the northeast coast of the Horn of Africa. It is situated on the......
Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin was a Soviet diplomat, ambassador to the United States (1962–86), and dean of the......
Doctors’ Plot, (1953), alleged conspiracy of prominent Soviet medical specialists to murder leading government......
Battle of Dogger Bank, naval engagement between British and German battle cruisers during World War I. It was fought......
Friedrich Dollmann was a German army commander during World War II. Dollmann joined the German army in 1899 and......
Dominican Republic, country of the West Indies that occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, the second largest......
domino theory, theory adopted in U.S. foreign policy after World War II according to which the “fall” of a noncommunist......
Doolittle Raid, (April 18, 1942), during World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces bombing raid on Tokyo and other Japanese......
James H. Doolittle was an American aviator and army general who led an air raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities......
Karel Doorman was a Dutch rear admiral who commanded a combined American, British, Dutch, and Australian naval......
doughboy, nickname popularly given to United States soldiers during World War I. The term was first used during......
Giulio Douhet was an Italian army general and the father of strategic air power. Trained as an artillery officer,......
Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding was a British air chief marshal and head of Fighter Command......
Willem Drees was a statesman and socialist leader who was the prime minister of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1958.......