Defection

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006007575
- info:lc/authorities/sh2006007575
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2006007575#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Broader Terms
- Change of allegiance
Narrower Terms
- Attempted defection
Related Terms
- Asylum, Right of
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Inducements and deterrants to defection, 1975.
- found: Attempted defection by Lithuanian seaman Simas Kudirka, 1971.
- found: Greenwood encyclopedia of international relations, 2002: defection (asking for asylum in exchange for being debriefed on all one knows about an adversary's operations)
- found: Wikipedia website, Oct. 27, 2006 (Defection; this act is usually in a manner which violates the laws of the nation or political entity from which the person is seeking to depart, as opposed to a change of citizenship)
Change Notes
- 2006-10-18: new
- 2006-12-14: revised

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