| LC control no. | sh 91004326 |
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| Topical heading | State-sponsored terrorism |
| Variant(s) | Government violence Governmental violence State-sponsored violence State terrorism Violence, Governmental Violence, State-sponsored |
| See also | Political atrocities Terrorism |
| Scope note | When subdivided by place, the name of the place may designate either the place where the terrorism occurred, or the state that was the sponsor. |
| Found in | Work cat.: Terrorismo de estado, 1986. LC database, Aug. 9, 1991 (State-sponsored terrorism; state terrorism) Nat. crim. just. thes. (State sponsored terrorism) State-sponsored terrorism, 1985: p. xviii (The deliberate employment of violence or the threat of use of violence by sovereign states (or sub-national groups encouraged or assisted by sovereign states) to attain strategic and political objectives by acts in violation of law intended to create overwhelming fear in a target population larger than the civilian or military victims attacked or threatened.) Thackrah, J.R. Encyc. of terrorism and political violence, 1987: p. 237 (hdg.: State-sponsored terrorism; also uses state terrorism) The State as terrorist : the dynamics of governmental violence and repression, 1984 : p. 3 (use of violence, repression, and terrorism by the state in the pursuit of domestic and international interests) Stohl, M. The state as terrorist : the dynamics of governmental violence and repression, c1984. |
| Not found in | Web. 3; Random House; ERIC thes.; SSCI |
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