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Although the political mobilization of students and workers throughout (Western) Europe in the late 1960s comprised violent forms of protest in some countries, the practical pursuit of concepts of armed struggle meant to trigger a revolutionary response by the masses proved to be—with the notable exception of West Germany and Italy—a brief and peripheral episode.
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Hauser, D. (2008). Terrorism. In: Klimke, M., Scharloth, J. (eds) 1968 in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611900_23
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