ABSTRACT
For another example, modify the first hypothetical case and imagine that at the same time the executions are taking place, the citizens are faced with widespread famine, disease, great social dislocations, and the threat of invasion. The atmosphere is full of fear existing simultaneously with the mass executions. Yet, the behavior of the revolutionary government is not "terrorism," nor is the relation between leaders and citizens a "system of terror" if the fear is caused by these other factors and not by the executions or similar acts of government violence.1
