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| Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the island of Elba where he was exiled. He returned to France and began fighting and defeating enemies. However, when he entered Waterloo, he waited too long to attack, giving the Germans time to reinforce the British troops and he was brutally defeated. Waterloo allusions mean, "decisive failure". |
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| Title of a 19th Century novel depicting greed and corruption that plagued post-Civil War America. Allusions to the Gilded Age suggest a time when money was the only measure of value, and ethics was rare. |
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| Situations where political measures are taken to create barriers between ruling governments. |
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| "cool" conflicts that don't turn into open warfare. |
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| Reference to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who accused without evidence, hundreds of people of being Communists or Communist sympathizers. McCarthyism allusions describe an atmosphere filled with unfounded accusations and suspicion. |
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