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Record 1 2024-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Military Law
CONT

... of precluding the wrongfulness of State conduct not in conformity with one of the rules of the law of war which impose limitations on the belligerents regarding the means and methods of conducting hostilities between them, the general purpose being to attenuate the rigours of war ...

CONT

Necessity and proportionality have always been core principles of both branches of the jus belli principles that apply to both the authority to employ military force and the regulation of actual employment. However, in the jus ad bellum context, they have never before been viewed as principles to regulate operational and tactical execution. Instead, in that context they frame the legality of national or multinational resort to military force in self-defense. Once the decision is made to employ force pursuant to this authority, the jus in bello variant of these principles(necessity of the mission and proportionality of collateral damage) operate to regulate the application of combat power during mission execution(in other words, they provide the foundation for the regulation of the application of combat power in the context of the self-defense-justified mission).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Droit militaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Military Law
CONT

Jus in bello, also referred to as international humanitarian law (IHL), applies to all warring parties irrespective of the reasons for the conflict. It does not speak to whether or not the cause of war is just. Instead, this body of law seeks to protect war victims and their fundamental rights, no matter to which party they belong.

CONT

Necessity and proportionality have always been core principles of both branches of the jus belli principles that apply to both the authority to employ military force and the regulation of actual employment. However, in the jus ad bellum context, they have never before been viewed as principles to regulate operational and tactical execution. Instead, in that context they frame the legality of national or multinational resort to military force in self-defense. Once the decision is made to employ force pursuant to this authority, the jus in bello variant of these principles(necessity of the mission and proportionality of collateral damage) operate to regulate the application of combat power during mission execution(in other words, they provide the foundation for the regulation of the application of combat power in the context of the self-defense-justified mission).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Droit militaire
CONT

Le droit international humanitaire a pour but de limiter les souffrances causées par la guerre en assurant, autant que possible, protection et assistance aux victimes. Il traite donc de la réalité d'un conflit sans considération des motifs ou de la légalité d'un recours à la force. Il en réglemente uniquement les aspects ayant une importance humanitaire. C'est ce que l’on appelle le jus in bello (le droit dans la guerre).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
  • Derecho militar
DEF

Jus in bello: [derecho que] regula el comportamiento de los durante las hostilidades.

OBS

Jus in bello Se distingue del jus ad bellum, o condiciones en que es lícito el recurso a la fuerza armada.

OBS

derecho de guerra, Jus in bello y derecho internacional humanitario: Expresiones reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 3 2024-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Military Law
DEF

The right to resort to war.

CONT

Jus ad bellum refers to the conditions under which states may resort to war or to the use of armed force in general.

CONT

Necessity and proportionality have always been core principles of both branches of the jus belli principles that apply to both the authority to employ military force and the regulation of actual employment. However, in the jus ad bellum context, they have never before been viewed as principles to regulate operational and tactical execution. Instead, in that context they frame the legality of national or multinational resort to military force in self-defense. Once the decision is made to employ force pursuant to this authority, the jus in bello variant of these principles(necessity of the mission and proportionality of collateral damage) operate to regulate the application of combat power during mission execution(in other words, they provide the foundation for the regulation of the application of combat power in the context of the self-defense-justified mission).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Droit militaire
CONT

Le jus ad bellum (droit de faire la guerre) […]

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • International Relations
CONT

... pacific occupation was that which continued after the general close of military operations. In such situations, the occupying state could derogate from the application of the general law of occupation by concluding a special agreement with the occupied state to regulate post-conflict matters. Such occupation was not regarded as belligerent because its objectives were no longer to weaken the military forces of the enemy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Relations internationales
CONT

[...] l'occupation pacifique est celle qui débute à la fin générale des opérations militaires. Dans ce cas de figure, l'État occupant peut déroger à l'application du droit général de l'occupation en concluant avec l'État occupé un accord spécial régissant les questions ayant trait à l'après-conflit. Cette occupation n'est pas considérée comme belligérante, son objectif n'étant pas d'affaiblir les forces militaires de l'ennemi.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guerilla Warfare
DEF

A conflict in which a government confronts a faction aiming to overthrow it or force a change to its policy by illegal means including civil disorder, terrorism and armed insurrection.

OBS

The government's response will range from civil police enforcement of the law to the application of military force. The conflict may be prosecuted in a restricted geographic area, throughout the extent of a State or even transnationally.

OBS

low-intensity conflict; LIC: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guérilla
DEF

Conflit dans lequel un gouvernement fait face à une faction qui vise à le renverser ou à le forcer à changer sa politique en recourant à des moyens illégaux, y compris le désordre civil, le terrorisme et l'insurrection armée.

OBS

L'intervention du gouvernement peut aller de l'application de la loi par les corps de police civile au recours à la force militaire. Le conflit peut être localisé dans une zone géographique restreinte, être généralisé dans l'ensemble de l'État ou même s'étendre outre-frontière.

OBS

conflit de faible intensité : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

conflit de faible intensité; LIC : désignations uniformisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
CONT

The opposite of asymmetric warfare is dissymmetric warfare, which results from the application of massive force against a weaker opponent in a military conflict.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire
DEF

Conflit armé qui oppose des forces régulières ne disposant pas de capacités opérationnelles équivalentes.

OBS

guerre dissymétrique : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 29 juin 2019.

Spanish

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Record 7 2021-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

At the strategic level, the application of military means in support of strategic objectives.

OBS

force employment; FE: term, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board, the Army Terminology Panel and the Joint Terminology Panel; term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Au niveau stratégique, mise en œuvre des moyens militaires pour soutenir les objectifs stratégiques.

OBS

emploi d'une force; EF : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par le Comité de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense, le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre et le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées; terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 8 2021-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

The ability to remotely control heavy, well-armed vehicles and robots brings us to a watershed moment... keeping the people in the armed forces and emergency-response agencies secure is a worthwhile application of robotics. Military robotics can serve both as a force multiplier and as a safeguard.

Key term(s)
  • defense robotics
  • battle-field robotics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
CONT

Le terme «robotique militaire» recouvre les systèmes d'armes autonomes, létaux ou non.

CONT

Robotique de défense : robots d'identification et de destruction de mines (n° 1 mondial), véhicules consommables de destruction de mines sous-marines, robots sonars de détection, systèmes acoustiques sous-marins, systèmes télé-opérés terrestres.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Diplomacy
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A peace support effort designed to end hostilities through the application of a range of coercive measures, including the use of military force.

OBS

Peace enforcement is likely to be conducted without the strategic consent of some, if not all, of the major conflicting parties.

OBS

peace enforcement; PE: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

peace enforcement: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Diplomatie
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Effort de soutien de la paix visant à mettre fin aux hostilités grâce à l’application d’une série de mesures coercitives, y compris l’emploi de la force militaire.

OBS

L’imposition de la paix se fera probablement sans le consentement stratégique de certaines, sinon de la totalité, des principales parties en conflit.

OBS

imposition de la paix : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

imposition de la paix : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Energy (Physics)
DEF

Intelligence derived from the collection and analysis of noninformation-bearing elements extracted from the electromagnetic energy unintentionally emanated by foreign devices, equipment, and systems, excluding those generated by the detonation of nuclear weapons.

CONT

Unintentional radiation intelligence(RINT) involves the integration and specialized application of MASINT [measurement and signature intelligence] collection, processing, and exploitation techniques against unintentional radiation sources that are incidental to the RF [radio frequency] propagation and operating characteristics of military and civil engines, power sources, weapons systems, electronic systems, machinery, equipment, or instruments. These techniques may be valuable in detecting, tracking, and monitoring a variety of activities of interest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Énergie (Physique)

Spanish

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Record 11 2011-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of NATO Publications
Universal entry(ies)
STANAG 4442
publication code, see observation
OBS

STANAGS (Standardization Agreements) are NATO publications used by the Department of National Defence as works of reference.

OBS

STANAG 4442: NATO standardization agreement code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres des publications de l'OTAN
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
STANAG 4442
publication code, see observation
OBS

STANAG 4442 : code d'accord de normalisation de l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Scientific Research
OBS

The Applied Research Program(ARP) is designed to advance the knowledge base of defence science, investigate novel and emerging technologies, and explore the military application of those technologies.

OBS

A Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
  • Recherche scientifique
OBS

Le Programme de recherches appliquées (PRA) vise à élargir le savoir dans le domaine des sciences militaires, à explorer des technologies nouvelles et émergentes et à examiner les possibilités d'application militaire de ces technologies.

OBS

Un programme de Recherche et développement pour la défense Canada (RDDC).

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Security
DEF

Intelligence concerning foreign technological developments, and the performance and operational capabilities of foreign materiel, which have or may eventually have a practical application for military purposes. [Definition standardized by NATO; officially approved by the Security Terminology Committee(STC). ]

OBS

technical intelligence: term standardized by NATO.

OBS

technical intelligence; TECHINT: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Security Terminology Committee (STC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Sécurité
DEF

Renseignement relatif aux développements technologiques à l'étranger, aux performances et aux possibilités opérationnelles des matériels étrangers qui font ou pourraient faire l'objet d'applications militaires.

OBS

renseignement technique : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; uniformisés par le Comité de la terminologie de la sécurité (CTS).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia (militar)
  • Seguridad
DEF

Información relativa al desarrollo tecnológico extranjero, al rendimiento y potencial operativo del material extranjero que son o pueden ser objeto de aplicaciones militares.

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Record 14 2002-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • General Conduct of Military Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de documentos y obras
  • Conducción general de las operaciones militares
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Record 15 2001-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

The techniques Michel Brochier Company, a specialist in textile architecture, tents for mobile hospitals and other military stocking applications ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
CONT

La société Techniques Michel Brochier, spécialisée dans I'architecture textile, les tentes pour hôpitaux mobiles et autres applications militaires de stockage [...]

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Supply (Military)
  • Military Equipment
  • Optics
CONT

The similar M119A modular Generation II device is a slightly heavier unit with a faster lens which is available for both military and paramilitary applications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
  • Matériel militaire
  • Optique
CONT

Assez voisin mais un peu plus lourd, le M119A est un système modulaire à tube de IIe génération pour applications militaires et paramilitaires.

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Materiel Management
OBS

One step in the development of military materiel (BWB)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Cartridge case design having a raised band ahead of the extractor groove. A design generally used on large capacity magnum type cartridges and which serves to reinforce the head of the case. To date, its only military application is with cannon ammunition, e. g. 20 x 113 mm B ADEN. See also "metric cartridge designation".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Type de douille ayant une nervure devant la gorge d'extraction. Cette configuration est utilisée d'habitude sur les cartouches surpuissantes de type magnum et a pour but de renforcer le culot de la douille. Présentement, sa seule application militaire est avec les munitions de canons, e.g. 20 x 113 mm B ADEN. Voir aussi «appellation métrique des cartouches».

OBS

douille ceinturée : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 19 1999-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of NATO Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres des comités de l'OTAN

Spanish

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Record 20 1999-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

Continuous fiber composites, which are the most common type of composite, are typically made up of 3 to 30 um diam fibers that are oriented and surrounded in a supportive matrix material. Glass fiber reinforced organic-matrix composites are the most familiar and widely used, and have had extensive application in industrial, consumer, military, and aerospace markets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 21 1999-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
DEF

Military operations in areas of political or armed conflict under the auspices of an international agency for the purpose of maintaining or restoring the peace other than by application of offensive armed force except under extreme circumstances and, where applicable providing military aid to the international agency carrying out internal supervision and assistance missions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
DEF

Opérations militaires menées dans des régions en état de conflit politique ou armé, sous les auspices d'une organisation internationale, dans le but de maintenir ou de restaurer la paix sans recourir à la force armée sauf dans les cas extrêmes, et, lorsqu'il y a lieu, procurer une aide militaire à l'agence internationale chargée d'assurer la surveillance intérieure et d'organiser des missions d'assistance.

OBS

maintien de la paix internationale : terme et définition uniformisés par Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 22 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Systems of this type are used for forensic tasks such as examining fingerprints and footprints, but to date no military application has emerged other than the task of examining the Cerenkow glow created by spent nuclear fuel elements stored in a cooling water pool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
CONT

Mais dans le domaine militaire, ils n'ont trouvé jusqu'à présent qu'une seule application: l'analyse de l'incandescence-effet Cerenkow de déchets nucléaires placés dans une piscine de refroidissement.

Spanish

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Record 23 1996-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Systems of this type are used for forensic tasks such as examining fingerprints and footprints, but to date no military application has emerged other than the task of examining the Cerenkow glow created by spent nuclear fuel elements stored in a cooling water pool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
CONT

Mais dans le domaine militaire, ils n'ont trouvé jusqu'à présent qu'une seule application: I'analyse de l' incandescence-effet Cerenkow de déchets nucléaires placés dans une piscine de refroidissement.

Spanish

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Record 24 1996-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Systems of this type are used for forensic tasks such as examining fingerprints and footprints, but to date no military application has emerged other than the task of examining the Cerenkow glow created by spent nuclear fuel elements stored in a cooling water pool.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
CONT

Mais dans le domaine militaire, ils n'ont trouvé jusqu'à présent qu'une seule application: l'analyse de l'incandescence-effet Cerenkow de déchets nucléaires placés dans une piscine de refroidissement.

Spanish

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Record 25 1995-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Materiel Management
Key term(s)
  • AASTP-4

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
OBS

Les publications de l'OTAN sont des documents officiels qui servent de référence pour rédiger des documents nationaux, en particulier au ministère de la Défense du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 26 1991-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Cartridge case having a head that is smaller in diameter than the body. To date, its only military application is with cannon ammunition, e. g. 20 x 110 mm RB Oerlikon. See also "metric cartridge designation".

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Douille ayant un culot dont le diamètre est inférieur à celui du corps de la douille. Présentement, sa seule application militaire est avec les munitions de canons, e.g. 20 x 110 mm RB Oerlikon. Voir aussi "appellation métrique des cartouches".

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 27 1990-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing (General)
DEF

This two-layer liner can be worn under liquid-impermeable protective clothing to prevent the accumulation of perspiration on or near the skin. It lets perspiration vapour out and keeps it out when it changes into liquid. The inner layer of material is vapour-permeable but liquid-impermeable. This layer is laminated to an outer layer that easily absorbs vapour and liquid. Its major application is in clothing intended to be worn in military and industrial environments contaminated by chemical, biological or nuclear hazards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
DEF

Cette doublure à deux épaisseurs peut être portée sous les vêtements imperméables afin d'éviter que la transpiration ne se condense à la surface de la peau. Elle laisse la transpiration se vaporiser et la maintient à l'extérieur sous forme de gouttelettes. Cette doublure est constituée d'une couche interne, perméable à la vapeur mais imperméable au liquide, contrecollée à une couche externe très absorbante. Elle trouve sa principale application dans la fabrication des vêtements militaires et des vêtements requis dans les milieux contaminés par des substances chimiques, biologiques ou radioactives.

Spanish

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Record 28 1988-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
CONT

The purpose of this review is to identify and evaluate the existing utility model for military application. Two of the models, Taylor-Russel and Tarret, provide non-dollar estimates of utility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois

Spanish

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Record 29 1984-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

Nuclear combat power expressly designed for deterrent, offensive, and defensive purposes that contribute to the accomplishment of localized military missions; the threatened or actual application of such power. May be employed in general as well as limited wars.

Key term(s)
  • theatre nuclear force
  • theater nuclear force

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
OBS

Dans les négociations sur la limitation des armements, on utilise maintenant "forces nucléaires à portée intermédiaire" au lieu de "forces nucléaires de théâtre" et surtout, l'abréviation INF de l'anglais "intermediate-range Nuclear Forces". Voir fiche "intermediate-range nuclear forces".

Key term(s)
  • force nucléaire de théâtre d'opérations
  • force nucléaire de théâtre

Spanish

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Record 30 1981-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

A rank ordering of actions in terms of the threat and application of force. The lower "rungs" represent minor threats or military actions, and the higher rungs represent nuclear war.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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