reign of terror

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The FBI deemed that the Reign of Terror also lasted only five years in the '20s when in reality it had lasted about two decades.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023

Known as the Reign of Terror, it sparked a major FBI investigation involving J Edgar Hoover.

From BBC • May 15, 2023

Disagreements between the Committee of Public Safety and the Convention over religious and economic policies hastened the end of the Reign of Terror as support for Robespierre’s repressive policies dwindled.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

My feelings for this greatest of Neoclassical artists, who spun Roman precedents into propaganda for the Reign of Terror and then for Napoleon, have cycled over many years between adulation and queasiness.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Wahzhazhe chronicled the sweeping history of the Osage, including the period of the Reign of Terror.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann