stratocracy

America is a stratocracy, a form of government dominated by the military.

O'Rourke doesn't propose to strip voting rights from civilians, but his war tax comes close to turning us into a stratocracy, much like Heinlein envisioned.

Antonyms: severe, drastic, rigorous, violent, harsh. mildew, n. mould, mustiness, must, blight. military, a. martial. military command. strategy, generalship, tactics, logistics. military dress. regimentals, uniform. military rule. stratocracy. militia, n. troops, military; trainband. milk, n.

It is in the perfection of the stratocracy that we must look for the key to the excesses of the autocrat.

But to effect such end, the Turks require the old stratocracy, which, bloody as it was, worked with far less misery than the charter and the new code.