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==Revolutionary and counter-revolutionary terror== |
==Revolutionary and counter-revolutionary terror== |
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{{Main|Revolutionary terror}} |
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[[Revolutionary terror]], also known as "[[Red Terror (disambiguation)|Red Terror]]", was often used by revolutionary governments to suppress [[counterrevolutionaries]]. The first example was the [[Reign of Terror]] during the [[French Revolution]] in 1794.<ref>{{cite book |title=Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy |author=Barrington Moore |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZV2AAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Social+Consequences+of+Revolutionary+Terror%22&pg=PT113 |via=Google Books |date=1993 |isbn=0-8070-5073-3 |page=101 |chapter=Social Consequences of Revolutionary Terror |
[[Revolutionary terror]], also known as "[[Red Terror (disambiguation)|Red Terror]]", was often used by revolutionary governments to suppress [[counterrevolutionaries]]. The first example was the [[Reign of Terror]] during the [[French Revolution]] in 1794.<ref>{{cite book |title=Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy |author=Barrington Moore |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZV2AAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Social+Consequences+of+Revolutionary+Terror%22&pg=PT113 |via=Google Books |date=1993 |isbn=0-8070-5073-3 |page=101 |chapter=Social Consequences of Revolutionary Terror}}<br>- {{cite web |url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April08/Lafayette.cov.cn.html |title=French revolutionary terror was a gross exaggeration, say Lafayette experts |author=Chandni Navalkha |work=Cornell Chronicle |date=2008-04-28 |publisher=Cornell University |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511155018/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April08/Lafayette.cov.cn.html |archivedate=11 May 2008 |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> Other notable examples include the [[Red Terror]] in [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] in 1918–1922, as well as simultaneous campaigns [[Red Terror (Hungary)|in the Hungarian Soviet Republic]] and [[Red Terror (Finland)|in Finland]]. In China, [[Red Terror (China)|Red Terror]] in 1966 and 1967 started the [[Cultural revolution]]. |
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Counter-revolutionary terror is usually referred to as "[[White Terror (disambiguation)|White Terror]]". Notable examples are the terror campaigns [[First White Terror|in France]] (1794–1795), [[White Terror (Russia)|in Russia]] (1917–20), [[White Terror (Hungary)|in Hungary]] (1919–1921) and [[White Terror (Spain)|in Spain]]. Modern examples of counter-revolutionary terror include [[Operation Condor]] in South America. |
Counter-revolutionary terror is usually referred to as "[[White Terror (disambiguation)|White Terror]]". Notable examples are the terror campaigns [[First White Terror|in France]] (1794–1795), [[White Terror (Russia)|in Russia]] (1917–20), [[White Terror (Hungary)|in Hungary]] (1919–1921) and [[White Terror (Spain)|in Spain]]. Modern examples of counter-revolutionary terror include [[Operation Condor]] in South America. |