Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II
Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II
Editor: Ciment, James
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
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ISBN: 978-0-7656-8005-1
Category: History - World history
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Table of Contents
Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II, Second Edition provides clear, in-depth explanations of events not covered in such detail in any other reference source.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Conflicts Since World War II
- A
- Afghanistan: Civil War, 1989
- Afghanistan: Soviet Invasion, 1979–1989
- Afghanistan: U.S. and NATO Invasion, 2001–
- African Union
- Albania: Civil Conflict, 1990s
- Algeria: Fundamentalist Struggle Since 1992
- Algeria: War of National Liberation, 1954–1962
- Angola: First War with UNITA, 1975–1992
- Angola: Second War with UNITA, 1992–2002
- Angola: Struggle over Cabinda Since 1960
- Angola: War of National Liberation, 1961–1974
- Anticolonialism
- ANZUS Pact
- Arab League
- Argentina: Dirty War, 1960s–1970s
- Argentina: Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982
- Armenia: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1990s
- B
- Bahrain: Anti-Regime Uprising, 2011
- Bolivia: Revolution, 1952
- Bosnia: Civil War, 1992–1995
- Brazil: Generals’ Coup, 1964
- Burkina Faso: Coups, 1966–1987
- Burundi: Ethnic Strife, 1962–2006
- C
- Cambodia: Civil Wars, 1968–1998
- Cambodia: U.S. Interventions, 1969–1973
- Cambodia: Vietnamese Invasion, 1978–1979
- Canada: Quebec Separatist Movement, 1960–1987
- Central African Republic: Coups Since 1966
- Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
- Chad: Civil Wars, 1960s–2000s
- Chad: War with Libya, 1986–1987
- Chile: Coup Against Allende, 1973
- China: Border Clash with the Soviet Union, 1969
- China: Border War with India, 1962
- China: Civil War/Revolution, 1927–1949
- China: Invasion of Tibet, 1950–1959
- China: Quemoy and Matsu, 1954–1958
- China: Tiananmen Violence, 1989
- China: War with Vietnam, 1979
- Cold War Confrontations
- Colombia: Internal Insurgencies, 1970s–2000s
- Comoros: Coups, 1980s
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: Invasions and Internal Strife Since 1998
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: Kabila Uprising, 1996–1997
- Congo, Democratic Republic of: Post-Independence Wars, 1960–1965
- Congo, Republic of: Civil Conflict, 1997
- Coups
- Croatia: War with Serbia, 1991–1995
- Cuba: Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961
- Cuba: Communist Revolution, 1956–1959
- Cuba: Missile Crisis, 1962
- Cyprus: Communal Conflict Since 1955
- Czechoslovakia: Coup, 1948
- Czechoslovakia: Soviet Invasion, 1968
- D
- Djibouti: Civil Conflict, 1991–2000
- Dominican Republic: Coup and U.S. Invasion, 1965
- E
- East Timor: Independence Struggle, 1974–2002
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Ecuador: Border Dispute with Peru, 1941-1998
- Egypt: Anti-Mubarak Uprising, 2011
- Egypt: Nasser Coup and Its Legacy, 1952–1970
- Egypt: Sinai War, 1956
- Egypt: War of Attrition, 1967–1970
- El Salvador: Civil Wars, 1970s–1980s
- El Salvador: Soccer War with Honduras, 1969
- Eritrea: Border War with Ethiopia, 1998–2000
- Eritrea: War for Independence, 1958–1991
- Ethiopia: Civil War, 1978–1991
- Ethiopia: Revolution, 1974–1978
- Ethiopia: War with Somalia, 1977–1978
- Ethnic and Religious Conflicts
- European Defense Community (EDC), 1952–1954
- F
- Fiji: Ethnic Conflict and Coups Since 1987
- G
- Georgia: Civil War, 1990s
- Georgia: South Ossetia War with Russia, 2008
- Germany: Berlin Crises, 1948–1949 and 1958–1962
- Germany: East German Uprising, 1953
- Ghana: Rawlings Coups, 1979–1981
- Greece: Civil War, 1944–1949
- Grenada: U.S. Invasion, 1983
- Guatemala: Civil War, 1970s–1990s
- Guatemala: Coup Against Arbenz, 1954
- Guinea: Coup and Massacre, 2008–2009
- Guinea-Bissau: Civil War, 1998–2000
- Guinea-Bissau: War of National Liberation, 1962–1974
- Guyana: Ethnic Conflict, 1960–1992
- H
- Haiti: Civil Conflict, 1990s–2000s
- Hungary: Soviet Invasion, 1956
- I
- India: Ethnic and Separatist Violence in Assam Since 1979
- India: Invasion of Goa, 1961
- India: Jammu and Kashmir Violence Since 1947
- India: Naxalite Maoist Uprising Since 1967
- India: Nuclear Standoff with Pakistan Since 1998
- India: Partition Violence, 1947
- India: Sikh Uprising, 1970s and 1980s
- India: War with Pakistan, 1965
- India: War with Pakistan and Bangladeshi Independence, 1971
- Indonesia: Aceh Separatist Conflict Since 1976
- Indonesia: Communist and Suharto Coups, 1965–1966
- Indonesia: Irian Jaya Separatist Conflict Since 1964
- Indonesia: Wars of Independence, 1945–1949
- International Arms Trade
- International Criminal Court
- Invasions and Border Disputes
- Iran: Coup Against Mossadegh, 1953
- Iran: Islamic Revolution, 1979
- Iran: Nuclear Standoff Since 1979
- Iran: War with Iraq, 1980–1988
- Iraq: Gulf War, 1990–1991
- Iraq: Kurdish Wars, 1961–2003
- Iraq: Revolution and Coups, 1958–1968
- Iraq: U.S. Invasion, 2003–2011
- Ireland: The Troubles, 1968–1998
- Israel: Attack on Iraqi Nuclear Reactor, 1981
- Israel: Conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah, 2006
- Israel: Palestinian Struggle Since 1948
- Israel: Six-Day War, 1967
- Israel: War of Independence, 1948–1949
- Israel: Yom Kippur War, 1973
- Italy: Anti-Mafia Campaign Since 1980
- Ivory Coast: Civil Disorder, 1999–2004
- J
- Jordan: Civil War, 1970
- K
- Kenya: Mau Mau Uprising, 1952–1956
- Kenya: Post-Election Violence, 2007–2008
- Korea, North: Nuclear Standoff Since the 1990s
- Korea, North: Seizure of the Pueblo, 1968
- Korea, South: Invasion by the North, 1950–1953
- L
- Laos: Pathet Lao War, 1960s–1970s
- Lebanon: Civil Conflict, 1958
- Lebanon: Civil War, 1975–1990
- Liberia: Anti-Taylor Uprising, 1998–2003
- Liberia: Civil War, 1989–1997
- Liberia: Doe Coup, 1980
- Libya: Anti-Qaddafi Uprising, 2011
- Libya: Qaddafi Coup, 1969
- Libya: U.S. Air Attacks, 1986
- M
- Macedonia: Ethnic Conflict, 1990s
- Madagascar: Independence Movement and Coups, 1947–2008
- Malaysia: Communist Uprising, 1948–1960
- Mali: Ethnic and Political Conflict, 1968–1996
- Mauritania: Coups Since 1978
- Mexico: Drug War Since 2006
- Mexico: Zapatista Uprising Since 1994
- Middle East Negotiations
- Mozambique: Renamo War, 1976–1992
- Mozambique: War of National Liberation, 1961–1974
- Myanmar (Burma): Civil Wars and Coups Since 1948
- N
- Namibia: War of National Liberation, 1966–1990
- Nepal: Maoist Insurgency, 1996–2006
- New Caledonia (France): Independence Struggle, 1970s–1990s
- Nicaragua: Contra War, 1980s
- Nicaragua: Revolution, 1970s
- Niger: Ethnic and Political Conflict Since 1990
- Nigeria: Biafra War, 1967–1970
- Nigeria: Coups and Ethnic Unrest Since 1966
- Non-Aligned Movement—The Bandung Conference
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- O
- Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- P
- Pakistan: Taliban Conflict, 2004–
- Palestine: First Intifada, 1987–1992
- Palestine: Gaza Conflict, 2008–2009
- Palestine: Second Intifada, 2000–2006
- Panama: Torrijos Coup, 1969
- Panama: U.S. Invasion, 1989
- Papua New Guinea: Bougainville Independence Struggle, 1988–1998
- People's Wars
- Peru: Shining Path Rebellion, 1970s–1997
- Philippines: Huk Rebellion, 1948–1953
- Philippines: Moro Uprising Since 1972
- Philippines: War on Islamic Militants Since 1990
- Poland: Imposition of Martial Law, 1981–1983
- Puerto Rico: Anti-U.S. Terrorism, 1934–1954
- R
- Romania: Fall of Ceausescu, 1989
- Russia: Chechen Uprising Since 1994
- Rwanda: Civil War and Genocide Since 1991
- S
- Serbia: Kosovo Secessionist Movement, 1990s
- Sierra Leone: Civil Conflict, 1990–2002
- Solomon Islands: Separatist and Ethnic Conflict, 1999–2003
- Somalia: Civil War Since 1991
- South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Struggle, 1948–1994
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
- Soviet Union: Conflict with Iran over Azerbaijan, 1945–1946
- Soviet Union: Conflict with Turkey, 1945–1953
- Soviet Union: Downing of Korean Airliner, 1983
- Spain: Basque Uprising Since 1959
- Sri Lanka: Tamil Uprising, Late 1970s to 2009
- Sudan: Civil Wars in South, 1955–1972; 1983–2005
- Sudan: Conflict in Darfur Since 2002
- Syria: Anti-Assad Uprising, 2011
- T
- Tajikistan: Civil War, 1990s
- Terrorism: Global History Since the 1940s
- Thailand: Military Coup, 2006
- Thailand: Muslim Rebellion, 2004–
- Togo: Coups and Political Unrest, 1963–1990s
- Turkey: Kurdish War Since 1984
- U
- Uganda: Anti-Amin Struggle, 1971–1979
- Uganda: Civil Conflict Since 1980
- United Nations
- United States: War on Terrorism, 1990s–
- Uruguay: Tupumaro Uprising, 1967–1985
- Uzbekistan: Conflict with Islamists Since 1999
- V
- Venezuela: Anti-Chávez Movement Since 1999
- Vietnam: First Indochina War, 1946–1954
- Vietnam: Second Indochina War, 1959–1975
- W
- War and Weapons Conventions
- Warsaw Pact
- Western Sahara: Polisario-Moroccan War Since 1975
- Y
- Yemen: Anti-Government Uprising, 2011
- Yemen: Civil War, 1960s–1980s
- Z
- Zimbabwe: Anti-Mugabe Struggle Since 1983
- Zimbabwe: Struggle for Majority Rule, 1965–1980
- Glossary
- Biographical Thumbnails
- Master Bibliography