revanchism

• Nazi revanchism and expansionism led to World War II, which resulted in the destruction of Germany's political and economic infrastructures and led to its division.
• I'm not a subscriber to a reverse domino theory of diplomacy, a democratic dawn in the Middle East, but a successful, democratic, pluralistic Israel that respects human rights can only facilitate reform elsewhere, if only by lessening the appeal of anti-Jewish revanchism. —  TPMCafe
• Here is a vicious attack by Julie Burchill on Tory eco-snobs, there a discussion of how the West should respond to Russian revanchism. —  Telegraph Blogs
• They find it much easier to fight the bogeyman of Romanian revanchism and chauvinism than defend their own dismal record in office. —  The Economist: Correspondent's diary
• Your recent revanchism into neighboring countries, such as Georgia and Ukraine, shows a hungry desire to reclaim territory that you believe is yours. —  The Daily Illini - The Independent Student Newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

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