恐怖主義與蘇聯

在蘇聯的極盛時期，共產主義和共產主義國家被認為^[誰？]是國際恐怖主義的主要來源。^[1] 北約，以及英國、義大利、德國（冷戰期間為西德）的政府察覺到並認為在其境內的帶有暴力性的共產主義組織對其國家安全造成極大威脅。^[2]有證據指控蘇聯在背後秘密支持這些激進組織。

[1]
Compare: Crozier, Brian. Political Victory: The Elusive Prize Of Military Wars. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. 2005: 202-203 [2015-07-30]. ISBN 9781412831277. （原始內容存檔於2020-08-04）. At its height, communism was the major threat to world peace, and by far the major source of international terrorism: that is, communist-inspired and/or communist-supported terrorism. Its hold on terrorist movements was not universal, however [...].
[2]
Paoletti, Ciro. A military history of Italy. Praeger Publishers. 30 December 2007. ISBN 978-0-275-98505-9.

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