{{Wiktionary}} '''Pacification''' may refer to:
The restoration of peace through a declaration or peace treaty: *Pacification of Ghent, an alliance of several provinces of the Netherlands signed on November 8, 1576 *Treaty of Berwick (1639), or ''Pacification of Berwick'', signed on June 18, 1639 between England and Scotland *Pacification sejm, one of several sessions of the Sejm, especially the one in 1736 concluding the civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth *Pacification of 1917, between religious and secular sects in the Netherlands
A military or police action: *Pacification of Algeria (1835{{En dash}}1903), French military operations which aimed to put an end to various tribal rebellions *Occupation of Araucanía (1861–1883), also ''Pacification of the Araucanía'', the actions which led to the incorporation of Araucanía into Chile *Pacification of Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia (1930), a punitive action of Polish police against the Ukrainian minority in Poland *Pacification of Manchukuo, a campaign during the Second Sino-Japanese War (March 1932-1941) *Pacification operations in German-occupied Poland, the use of German military force to suppress Polish resistance during World War II *Pacification of Tonkin, a military and political campaign undertaken by the French in northern Vietnam *Pacification of Wujek, a strike-breaking action against miners in Katowice, Poland, 1981 *Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem or ''Pacification of Lombok'' in 1894 *Pacification of Libya, a military against by the Royal Italian Army against the Libyan resistance *Campaigns of Pacification and Occupation (late-19th century{{En dash}}early-20th century), Portuguese military campaigns in their African colonies
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. * Hearts and Minds (Vietnam) * 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. * Pacifying Police Unit (Rio State, Brazil)
Other meanings: *''Violent Pacification'' an album by Dirty Rotten Imbeciles *Army of Cuban Pacification Medal, medal issued to members of the US occupation force in Cuba following the Spanish–American War (1906–1909)
==See also== * Colonialism * Counterinsurgency * Gunboat diplomacy * Imperialism * Interventionism (politics) * Pax imperia * Peace (law) * Peace enforcement * Peacemaking * Police action
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