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| Alphabetical List of Entries | |
| Introduction | |
| Roots of War | |
| Cold War Confrontations | |
| Anti-Colonialism | |
| People's Wars | |
| Coups | |
| Invasions and Border Disputes | |
| Ethnic and Religious Conflicts | |
| Terrorism: Global History Since the 1940s | |
| International Arms Trade | |
| Africa, Sub-Saharan | |
| Map: Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Angola: War of National Liberation, 1961-1974 | |
| Angola: Struggle over Cabinda, 1960- | |
| Angola: First War with UNITA, 1975-1992 | |
| Angola: Second War with UNITA, 1992-2002 | |
| Burkina Faso: Coups, 1966-1987 | |
| Burundi: Ethnic Strife Since 1962 | |
| Central African Republic: Coups Since 1966 | |
| Chad: Civil Wars, 1960s-1990s | |
| Chad: War with Libya, 1986-1987 | |
| Comoros: Coups, 1980s | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of: Post-Independence Wars, 1960-1965 | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of: Kabila Uprising, 1996-1997 | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of: Invasions and Internal Strife, 1998 | |
| Congo, Republic of: Civil Conflict, 1997 | |
| Djibouti: Civil Conflict, 1991-2000 | |
| Eritrea: War for Independence, 1958-1991 | |
| Eritrea: Border War with Ethiopia, 1998-2000 | |
| Ethiopia: Revolution, 1974-1978 | |
| Ethiopia: War with Somalia, 1977-1978 | |
| Ethiopia: Civil War, 1978-1991 | |
| Ghana: Rawlings Coups, 1979-1981 | |
| Guinea-Bissau: War of National Liberation, 1962-1974 | |
| Guinea-Bissau: Civil War, 1998-2000 | |
| Ivory Coast: Civil Disorder Since 1999 | |
| Kenya: Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-1956 | |
| Liberia: Doe Coup, 1980 | |
| Liberia: Civil War, 1989-1997 | |
| Liberia: Anti-Taylor Uprising, 1998-2003 | |
| Madagascar: Independence Movement and Coups, 1947-2002 | |
| Mali: Ethnic and Political Conflict, 1968-1996 | |
| Mauritania: Coups Since 1978 | |
| Mozambique: War of National Liberation, 1961-1974 | |
| Mozambique: Renamo War, 1976-1992 | |
| Namibia: War of National Liberation, 1966-1990 | |
| Niger: Ethnic and Political Conflict Since 1990 | |
| Nigeria: Biafra War, 1967-1970 | |
| Nigeria: Coups and Ethnic Unrest Since 1966 | |
| Rwanda: Civil War and Genocide Since 1991 | |
| Sierra Leone: Civil Conflict, 1990-Present | |
| Somalia: Civil War Since 1991 | |
| South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Struggle, 1948-1994 | |
| Sudan: Civil War in South, 1955-1972; 1983-2005 | |
| Sudan: Conflict in Darfur Since 2002 | |
| Togo: Coups and Political Unrest, 1963-1990s | |
| Uganda: Anti-Amin Struggle, 1971-1979 | |
| Uganda: Civil Conflict Since 1980 | |
| Western Sahara: Polisario-Moroccan War, 1975-1991 | |
| Zimbabwe: Struggle for Majority Rule, 1965-1980 | |
| Zimbabwe: Anti-Mugabe Struggle | |
| Americas | |
| Map: North America and Central America | |
| Map: South America | |
| Argentina: Dirty War, 1960s-l970s | |
| Argentina: Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982 | |
| Bolivia: Revolution, 1952 | |
| Brazil: General's Coup, 1964 | |
| Canada: Quebec Separatist Movement, 1960-1987 | |
| Chile: Coup Against Allende, 1973 | |
| Colombia: Internal Insurgencies, 1970s-1990s | |
| Cuba: Communist Revolution, 1956-1959 | |
| Cuba: Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961 | |
| Cuba: Missile Crisis, 1962 | |
| Dominican Republic: Coup and U.S. Invasion, 1965 | |
| Ecuador: Border Dispute with Peru, 1947 | |
| El Salvador: Soccer War with Honduras, 1969 | |
| El Salvador: Civil Wars, 1970s-1980s | |
| Grenada: U.S. Invasion, 1983 | |
| Guatemala: Coup Against Arbenz, 1954 | |
| Guatemala: Civil War, l970s-1990s | |
| Guyana: Ethnic Conflict, 1960-1992 | |
| Haiti: Civil Conflict, 1990s | |
| Mexico: Zapatista Uprising Since 1994 | |
| Nicaragua: Revolution, 1970s | |
| Nicaragua: Contra War, 1980s | |
| Panama: Torrijos Coup, 1969 | |
| Panama: U.S. Invasion, 1989 | |
| Peru: Shining Path Rebellion, 1970s-1997 | |
| Puerto Rico: Anti-U.S. Terrorism, 1934-1954 | |
| United States: War on Terrorism, 1990s- | |
| Uruguay: Tupumaro Uprising, 1967-1985 | |
| Venezuela: Anti-Chávez Movement Since 1999 | |
| Asia, East and Southeast | |
| Map: East and Southeast Asia | |
| Cambodia: Civil Wars, 1968-1998 | |
| Cambodia: U.S. Interventions, 1969-1973 | |
| Cambodia: Vietnamese Invasion, 1978-1979 | |
| China: Chinese Civil War, 1927-1949 | |
| China: Invasion of Tibet, 1950-1959 | |
| China: Quemoy and Matsu, 1954-1958 | |
| China: Border War with India, 1962 | |
| China: Border Clash with Soviet Union, 1969 | |
| China: War with Vietnam, 1979 | |
| China: Tiananmen Violence, 1989 | |
| East Timor: Independence Struggle, 1974-2002 | |
| Indonesia: Wars of Independence, 1945-1949 | |
| Indonesia: Communist and Suharto Coups, 1965-1966 | |
| Indonesia: Aceh Separatist Conflict Since 1976 | |
| Korea, North: Seizure of the Pueblo, 1968 | |
| Korea, North: Nuclear Standoff Since the 1990s | |
| Korea, South: Invasion by the North, 1950-1953 | |
| Laos: Pathet Lao War, 1960s-1970s | |
| Malaysia: Communist Uprising, 1948-1960 | |
| Myanmar (Burma): Civil Wars and Coups Since 1945 | |
| Philippines: Huk Rebellion, 1948-1953 | |
| Philippines: Moro Uprising, 1970s-1980s | |
| Philippines: War on Islamic Militants Since 1990 | |
| Thailand: Muslim Rebellion, 2004- | |
| Vietnam: First Indochina War, 1946-1954 | |
| Vietnam: Second Indochina War, 1959-1975 | |
| Asia, South | |
| Map: South Asia | |
| Afghanistan: Soviet Invasion, 1979-1989 | |
| Afghanistan: Civil War, 1989 | |
| Afghanistan: U.S. Invasion, 2001- | |
| India: Partition Violence, 1947 | |
| India: Jammu and Kashmir Violence Since 1947 | |
| India: Invasion of Goa, 1961 | |
| India: War with Pakistan, 1965 | |
| India: War with Pakistan and Bangladeshi Independence, 1971 | |
| India: Sikh Uprising Since 1973 | |
| India: Ethnic and Separatist Violence in Assam Since 1979 | |
| India: Nuclear Standoff with Pakistan Since 1998 | |
| Nepal: Maoist Insurgency | |
| Sri Lanka: Tamil Uprising Since the Late 1970s | |
| Europe and Former Soviet Union | |
| Map: Europe | |
| Map: Former Soviet Union | |
| Albania: Civil Conflict, 1990s | |
| Armenia: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1990s | |
| Bosnia: Civil War, 1992-1995 | |
| Croatia: War with Serbia, 1991-1995 | |
| Cyprus: Communal Conflict Since 1955 | |
| Czechoslovakia: Coup, 1948 | |
| Czechoslovakia: Soviet Invasion, 1968 | |
| Georgia: Civil War, 1990s | |
| Germany: The Berlin Crises, 1948-1949 and 1958-1962 | |
| Germany: East German Uprising, 1953 | |
| Greece: Civil War, 1944-1949 | |
| Hungary: Soviet Invasion, 1956 | |
| Ireland: The Troubles Since 1968 | |
| Italy: Anti-Mafia Campaign Since 1980 | |
| Macedonia: Ethnic Conflict, 1990s | |
| Poland: Imposition of Martial Law, 1981-1983 | |
| Romania: Fall of Ceausescu, 1989 | |
| Russia: Chechen Uprising Since 1994 | |
| Serbia: Kosovo Secessionist Movement, 1990s | |
| 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 | |
| Tajikistan: Civil War, 1990s | |
| Turkey: Kurdish War Since 1984 | |
| Uzbekistan: Conflict with Islamists Since 1999 | |
| Middle East and North Africa | |
| Map: Middle East and North Africa | |
| Algeria: War of National Liberation, 1954-1962 | |
| Algeria: The Fundamentalist Struggle Since 1992 | |
| Egypt: Nasser Coup and Its Legacy, 1952-1970 | |
| Egypt: Sinai War, 1956 | |
| Egypt: War of Attrition, 1967-1970 | |
| Iran: Coup Against Mossadegh, 1953 | |
| Iran: Islamic Revolution, 1979 | |
| Iran: War with Iraq, 1980-1988 | |
| Iraq: Revolution and Coups, 1958-1968 | |
| Iraq: Kurdish Wars Since 1961 | |
| Iraq: Gulf War, 1990-1991 | |
| Iraq: U.S. Invasion, 2003- | |
| Israel: War of Independence, 1948-1949 | |
| Israel: Palestinian Struggle Since 1948 | |
| Israel: Six-Day War, 1967 | |
| Israel: Yom Kippur War, 1973 | |
| Israel: Attack on Iraqi Nuclear Reactor, 1981 | |
| Jordan: Civil War, 1970 | |
| Lebanon: Civil Conflict, 1958 | |
| Lebanon: Civil War, 1975-1990 | |
| Libya: Qaddafi Coup, 1969 | |
| Libya: U.S. Air Attacks, 1986 | |
| Palestine: First Intifada, 1987-1992 | |
| Palestine: Second Intifada Since 2000 | |
| Yemen: Civil War, 1960s-1980s | |
| Oceania | |
| Map: Oceania | |
| Fiji: Ethnic Conflict and Coups Since 1987 | |
| Indonesia: Irian Jaya Separatist Conflict Since 1964 | |
| New Caledonia (France): Independence Struggle Since the 1970s | |
| Papua New Guinea: Bougainville Independence Struggle Since 1988 | |
| Solomon Islands: Separatist and Ethnic Conflict, 1999-2003 | |
| Organizations, Alliances, Conventions, and Negotiations | |
| African Union | |
| ANZUS Pact | |
| Arab League | |
| Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact) | |
| Non-Aligned Movement-The Bandung Conference | |
| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | |
| European Defense Community (EDC), 1952-1954 | |
| International Criminal Court | |
| Middle East Negotiations | |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | |
| Organization of American States (OAS) | |
| Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) | |
| Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) | |
| United Nations | |
| Warsaw Pact | |
| War and Weapons Conventions | |
| Biographies | |
| Glossary | |
| Bibliography | |
| General Index | |
| Biographical and Organizational Name Index | |
| Geographical Index | |
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