Meaning of militocracy | Babel Free

Definitions

The government of the armed forces.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Germany under Wilhelm II and Poland under Pilsudski exemplify a variant of militocracy where political preponderance and economic favours were restricted to the officer corps.”

“Early states were usually governed by militocracies, whose main source of social power was simply force. This was a consequence of one of the most important principles of social evolution, namely that “war made the state, and states made war.””

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