Edited by James Ciment
Includes: Topic Finder, A–Z entries, thematic essays, photos, maps, chronologies, biographical thumbnails, glossary, bibliography
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Description: This illustrated reference presents descriptions and analyses of nearly 200 significant post–World War II conflicts around the globe. Organized by region for ease of access, Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II provides clear, in-depth explanations of events not covered in such detail in any other reference source. Including more than 180 detailed maps and 150 photos, the encyclopedia highlights the conflicts that dominate today's headlines and the events that changed the course of late twentieth–century history.
Contents
Introduction: Conflicts Since World War II
A-Z Entries
Glossary
Biographical Thumbnails
Master Bibliography
A-Z Entries
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
Bolivia: Revolution, 1952
Bosnia: Civil War, 1992–1995
Brazil: Generals' Coup, 1964
Burkina Faso: Coups, 1966–1987
Burundi: Ethnic Strife, 1962–2006
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
Djibouti: Civil Conflict, 1991–2000
Dominican Republic: Coup and U.S. Invasion, 1965
East Timor: Independence Struggle, 1974–2002
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Ecuador: Border Dispute with Peru, 1941–1998
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
Fiji: Ethnic Conflict and Coups Since 1987
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
Haiti: Civil Conflict, 1990s–2000s
Hungary: Soviet Invasion, 1956
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–
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
Jordan: Civil War, 1970
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
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: Qaddafi Coup, 1969
Libya: U.S. Air Attacks, 1986
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
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)
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Organization of American States (OAS)
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
Romania: Fall of Ceausescu, 1989
Russia: Chechen Uprising Since 1994
Rwanda: Civil War and Genocide Since 1991
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
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
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
Venezuela: Anti-Chávez Movement Since 1999
Vietnam: First Indochina War, 1946–1954
Vietnam: Second Indochina War, 1959–1975
War and Weapons Conventions
Warsaw Pact
Western Sahara: Polisario-Moroccan War Since 1975
Yemen: Civil War, 1960s–1980s
Zimbabwe: Anti-Mugabe Struggle Since 1983
Zimbabwe: Struggle for Majority Rule, 1965–1980
Glossary
Biographical Thumbnails
Master Bibliography
Theory and History of War
War Since 1945
Unconventional War
Economics, Tactics, and Weapons
Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
Africa
Americas
Asia and the Pacific
Europe
Middle East and North Africa
Superpowers
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