Pacification may refer to:
The restoration of peace through a declaration or peace treaty:
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Pacification of Ghent, an alliance of several provinces of the Netherlands signed on November 8, 1576
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Treaty of Berwick (1639), or ''Pacification of Berwick'', signed on June 18, 1639 between England and Scotland
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Pacification sejm, one of several sessions of the Sejm, especially the one in 1736 concluding the civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Pacification of 1917, between religious and secular sects in the Netherlands
A military or police action:
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Pacification of Algeria (1835-1903), French military operations which aimed to put an end to various tribal rebellions
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Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883), also ''Pacification of the Araucanía'', the actions which led to the incorporation of Araucanía into Chile
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Pacification of Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia (1930), a punitive action of Polish police against the Ukrainian minority in Poland
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Pacification of Manchukuo, a campaign during the Second Sino-Japanese War (March 1932-1941)
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Pacification operations in German-occupied Poland, the use of German military force to suppress Polish resistance during World War II
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Pacification of Tonkin The Pacification of Tonkin (1886–1896) was a slow and ultimately successful military and political campaign undertaken by the French Empire in the northern portion of Tonkin (modern-day north Vietnam) to re-establish order in the wake of the Tonk ...
, a military and political campaign undertaken by the French in northern Vietnam
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Pacification of Wujek, a strike-breaking action against miners in Katowice, Poland, 1981
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Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem or ''Pacification of Lombok'' in 1894
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Pacification of Libya, a military against by the Royal Italian Army against the Libyan resistance
An analytic approach to understanding the security-industrial complex:
A military, political, economic, and social process of establishing or reestablishing control by a government over a population impacted and divided by
insurgency.
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Hearts and Minds (Vietnam)
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Winning hearts and minds
A policing, military, political, economic, and social process of establishing or reestablishing control by a government over a population impacted by
violent crime.
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Pacifying Police Unit (Rio State, Brazil)
Other meanings:
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Violent Pacification'' an album by Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
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Army of Cuban Pacification Medal
The Cuban Pacification Medal (Army) is a military award of the United States Army which was created by orders of the United States War Department on May 11, 1909. The medal was created to recognize service during the United States occupation ...
, medal issued to members of the US occupation force in Cuba following the Spanish–American War (1906–1909)
See also
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Colonialism
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Counterinsurgency
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Gun boat diplomacy
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Imperialism
Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas, often through employing hard power (economic and ...
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Interventionism (politics)
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Pax imperia
''Pax Imperia'' is a 4X game for the Apple Macintosh, released in 1992. The game won praise for its complex gameplay, real-time mode and ability for up to 16 players to join a single game using AppleTalk.
'' Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain'' was rel ...
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Peace (law)
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Peace enforcement
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Peacemaking
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Police action
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