Glossary
- beset to trouble persistently or to harass
- coercion force
- condones approves
- corroborate support with evidence
- defects problems
- liquidating terminating
- modernization acceptance of current ideas; in economic terms, the movement from an agricultural to an industrial economy and the growth of a middle class
- national integrity freedom from outside interference
- static unchanging
- status quo the existing condition or state of affairs
- subterfuges deceptive strategies or approaches
- totalitarian regimes forms of government in which one person or party exercises absolute control over all spheres of human life; often used to refer to Communist or Fascist dictatorships
