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ANXIETY-INSPIRING METHOD [1 record]

Record 1 2002-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychological Warfare
  • CBRNE Operations
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal, or political reasons, whereby--in contrast to assassination--the direct targets of violence are not the main targets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre psychologique
  • Opérations CBRNE
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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