Salami tactics — Salami tactics, also known as the salami slice strategy, is a divide and conquer process of threats and alliances used to overcome opposition. With it, an aggressor can influence and eventually dominate a landscape, typically political, piece by… … Wikipedia
salami tactics — salami strategy or salami tactics noun A policy of cutting away, one by one, undesirable elements, eg particular people from an organization • • • Main Entry: ↑salami … Useful english dictionary
salami tactics — the gradual elimination of non Communists from a coalition The phrase described the slicing away by the Communists in Hungary of their coalition partners after the Second World War: Why should the Russians try to annex the whole of… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Salami slicing — is a series of many minor actions, often performed surreptitiously, that together results in a larger action that would be difficult or illegal to perform at once. The term is typically used pejoratively.An example of salami slicing, also known… … Wikipedia
salami strategy — or salami tactics noun A policy of cutting away, one by one, undesirable elements, eg particular people from an organization • • • Main Entry: ↑salami … Useful english dictionary
tactics — n. 1) to devise; employ; use tactics 2) bullying; delaying; diversionary; pressure; questionable; roughhouse (AE); scare; smear; strong arm; wily tactics (to employ questionable tactics) 3) (esp. AE) Madison Avenue tactics ( reliance on… … Combinatory dictionary
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
Joseph Stalin — Stalin redirects here. For other uses, see Stalin (disambiguation). Joseph Stalin Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин Georgian: იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე სტალინი … Wikipedia
Negotiation — For Wikipedia s negotiation policy, see Wikipedia:Negotiation. For other uses, see Negotiation (disambiguation). Treaty of Trianon negotiations … Wikipedia
Hungarian parliamentary election, 1947 — The Hungarian parliamentary election of 1947 was held on 31 August of that year. The Hungarian Communist Party, which had lost the previous election, consolidated its power in the interim using salami tactics. This fact, combined with the… … Wikipedia
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium