Social problems: Ch. 17
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- war system
- components of social institutions and cultural beliefs and practices that promote the development of warriors, weapons, andwar as a normal part of society and its foreign policy
- revolutionary terrorism
- acts of violence against civilians hat are caried out by internal enemies of the government who desire to bring about political change
- terrorism
- the use of calculated, unlawful physical force or threats of violence against a government, organization, or indicidual to gain some political, religious, economic, or social objective
- war
- organized, armed conflict between nations or distinct political factions
- strategicalloy significant weapon
- one that brings force to bear in such a way that it decisively erodes the war-marking capability of the enemy
- collective violence
- ortgANIZED VIOLENCE BY PEOPLE SEEKING TO PROMOTE THEIR CAUSE OR RESIST SOCIAL POLICIES OR PRACTICES THAT THEY CONSIDER OPPRESSIVE
- repressive terrorism
- terrorism conducted by a government against its own citizens for the purpose of portecting an existing political order
- state-sponsored terrorism
- a situation in which a government provides financial resources, weapons, and training for terroriss who conduct their activities in other nations
- wmd
- nuclear, biological, chmeical, or radiological weapons that can kill thousands of people and destroy vast amounts of property at one time
- weapons system
- a combinations of a weapons platform, a weapon, and the means of command and communication