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wage and price controls
(Encyclopedia) wage and price controls, economic policy measure in which the government places a ceiling on wages and prices to curb inflation. Also known as incomes policy, such programs have…Svoboda, Ludvík
(Encyclopedia) Svoboda, LudvíkSvoboda, Ludvíkl&oobreve;dˈvĕk svôˈbôdä [key], 1895–1979, Czechoslovak general and political leader. Svoboda served in the Czech Legion in World War I and became an…Stilwell, Joseph Warren
(Encyclopedia) Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883–1946, American general, b. Palatka, Fla. Commissioned in the army in 1904, he fought in World War I and later served for 13 years in China. In Feb., 1942…navy
(Encyclopedia) navy, originally, all ships of a nation, whether for war or commerce; the term navy now designates only such vessels as are built and maintained specifically for war. There have been…air forces
(Encyclopedia) air forces, those portions of a nation's military organization employing heavier-than-air aircraft for reconnaissance, support of ground troops, aerial combat, and bombing of enemy…Kuropatkin, Aleksey Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia) Kuropatkin, Aleksey NikolayevichKuropatkin, Aleksey Nikolayevichəlyĭksyāˈ nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch k&oomacr;rŭpätˈkĭn [key], 1848–1925, Russian general. He distinguished himself in the Russo-…Middle East
(Encyclopedia) Middle East, term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of SW Asia and NE Africa lying W of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Thus defined it includes Cyprus, the…Biographies: U.S. Military Leaders
U.S. Military Leaders Douglas MacArthur See also People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Military Personnel Veterans Memorial Day Veterans Day America's Wars: U.S.…Americanization
(Encyclopedia) Americanization, term used to describe the movement during the first quarter of the 20th cent. whereby the immigrant in the United States was induced to assimilate American speech,…Landmark Affirmative Action Ruling
—Borgna Brunner Citing the possession of weapons of mass destruction, links to terrorism, and Saddam Hussein's despotism as the casus belli for “regime change” in Iraq, President George W. Bush…Trending
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