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