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31Wei Xiaokuan — (韋孝寬) (509 580), formal personal name Wei Shuyu (韋叔裕) (but went by the courtesy name of Xiaokuan), known by the Xianbei name Yuwen Xiaokuan (宇文孝寬) during late Western Wei and Northern Zhou, formally Duke Xiang of Xun (勛襄公), was a general of the… …
32Li Baozhen — (李抱真) (733 ndash;794), né An Baozhen (安抱真), courtesy name Taixiuan (太玄), formally the Prince of Yiyang (義陽王), was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty. He initially distinguished himself as deputy for his cousin Li Baoyu, and after Li… …
33Criticism of Amnesty International — Main article: Amnesty International Criticism of Amnesty International (AI) includes claims of selection bias, ideological/foreign policy bias against either non Western countries, or Western supported countries, AI s policies relating to… …
34soften — verb /ˈsɒfən/ a) To make something soft or softer. Soften the butter before beating in the sugar. b) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery …
35psychological warfare — n. the use of propaganda or other psychological means to influence or confuse the thinking, undermine the morale, etc. of an enemy or opponent …
36Thirty-Six Stratagems — The Thirty Six Stratagems (zh tsp|t=三十六計|s=三十六计|p=Sānshíliù Jì) was originally a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, as well as in civil interaction, often through unorthodox or deceptive means. They… …
37Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …
38German Resistance — The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Hitler from power and overthrow his regime. Their plans… …
39Russian Ground Forces — The Russian Ground Forces ( ru. Сухопутные войска Российской Федерации, tr.: Suhopútnyje vojská Rossíjskoj Federácii ) are the land forces of the Russian Federation, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. While the Russian… …
40Catholicism and Freemasonry — The Roman Catholic Church has long been an outspoken critic of Freemasonry, and has continually prohibited members from being Freemasons since In Eminenti Specula in 1739. Since the early 1700s, the Vatican has issued several papal bulls… …
