International terrorism in the Polish literature and press of the 1970s (selected examples)
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https://doi.org/10.12775/Polska.2016.06Keywords
terrorism, Poland, People’s Republic of Poland, Polish press, Edward Gierek, RAF, Rote Armee Fraktion, Brigate Rosse, Palestine Liberation Ryszard Kapuściński, Munich 1972Abstract
In the 1970s in Western Europe, in the United States, in the Middle East and in Central and South America many brutal terrorist attacks took place. The public opinion witnessed the activity of various groups, representing different systems of values. The acts of political violence were exercised in the name of ideology, national liberation or religion. Polish public opinion during the communist rule observed the happenings from a distance, but with much attention. People’s Poland in the 1970s published more than a dozen academic, journalist and popular works on the topic of terrorism. The most influential weekly papers (Polityka, Kultura) dedicated many features to the problem of terrorism. The article, basing on books and press articles from the period, aims to answer two questions. What did the state of public knowledge about terrorism, which could be acquired from open sources, look like? How was the phenomenon of international terrorism and its various forms described and evaluated?
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