# strategy of tension

> policy wherein governments or groups within a government allow or encourage extremist groups to perform attacks, e.g. allegedly in Italy during 1968–1982, when far-left and far-right groups performed bombings

**Wikidata**: [Q956002](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956002)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_of_tension)  
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## References

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