I think he meant that the entire country had been blinded to the problems going on
A government urges the country's factories to support a war effort and drafts citizens into the army
Ancient Greek-citizen soldiers who fought together in a phalanx were called Hoplites.
Hoplites were not professional soldiers but they comprised the bulk of ancient Greek armies of the time. They were mostly represented by free citizens such as propertied farmers and artisans who could afford the weapons and armors. Hoplites were primarily armed with shields and spears and often utilized the phalanx formation as an effective war strategy especially when battling with fewer soldiers.
The illustration below shows an example of a phalanx formation (Source: http://www.ancientgreekbattles.net/Pics/669505_PhalArgos.jpg).
A totalitarian government is one where the government has total authority over its people and society, where it tries to control all aspects of public and private life that it possibly can. Usually it is characterized by a single massive political party, lead by one dictator, that governs and controls the entire population.
Howard Thurman, a mentor to Martin Luther King, first met Gandhi during a visit to India in 1936. He came to understand nonviolence as ..