Democracy: government system in which representatives are elected by the whole population of the country
Synonyms: representative government, elective government
The 15th century....I think
The Second Indochina War (aka the Vietnam War) began as a conflict between the South Vietnamese army and government, and the communist Viet Cong. The United States publicly supported the South Vietnamese government but didn't want to join the war unless absolutely necessary.
It was ARPANET. Google was still about 3 decades away.
