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Encyclopedia of conflicts since World War II
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Discusses the roots of war, various alliances and summit meetings meant to forestall conflict, and the background and events connected with numerous specific conflicts in the second half of the twe...
Discusses the roots of war, various alliances and summit meetings meant to forestall conflict, and the background and events connected with numerous specific conflicts in the second half of the twentieth century.
Details
- Creator
- editor, James Ciment ; contributors, Kenneth L. Hill, David MacMichael, Carl Skutsch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference : Routledge, 1999
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (721 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780203058664, 0203058666, 9781283887854, 1283887851, 9781136596148, 1136596143, 1579581811
- OCLC
- ocn823389167, ocn676711854, on1230507008
- Project manager: Michael Weber, Cartographer: Alice Thiede, Photo Research: Ann Burns--V. 1. t.p.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- English
- Cover; Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Roots of War; Cold War Confrontations; Anti-Colonialism; People's Wars; Coups; Invasions and Border Disputes; Ethnic and Religious Conflicts; Terrorism and International Incidents; International Arms Trade; Regional Maps; North America; Mexico and Central America; Caribbean Islands; South America; Europe; Middle East; Africa; Indian Subcontinent; Former Soviet Union; China and Surrounding Areas; Southeast Asia; Alliances and Treaties; ANZUS Pact; Arab League
- Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)Non-aligned Movement-The Bandung Conference; China: U.S. Recognition; China in the United Nations-Beijing or Taipei?; Creating West Germany, 1945-1955; Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); European Defense Community (EDC), 1952-1954; Japan: World War II Peace Treaty, 1951; Middle East Negotiations; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Organization of African Unity (OAU); Organization of American States (OAS); Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIS); Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
- The United States: The Marshall PlanThe United Nations; Warsaw Pact; War and Weapons Conventions; Conflicts; Afghanistan: Soviet Invasion, 1979-1989; Afghanistan: Civil War Since 1989; Albania: Civil War, 1997; Algeria: War of National Liberation, 1954-1962; Algeria: The Fundamentalist Struggle Since 1992; Angola: War of National Liberation, 1961-1974; Angola: First War with UNITA, 1975-1992; Angola: Second War with UNITA, 1992-1998; Argentina: Dirty War, 1960s-1970s; Argentina: Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982; Armenia: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1990s; Bolivia: Revolution, 1952
- Bosnia: Civil War, 1992-1995Brazil: General's Coup, 1964; Burkina Faso: Coups, 1966-1987; Burundi: Ethnic Strife Since 1962; 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; Chad: Civil Wars, 1960s-1990s; Chad: War with Libya, 1986-1987; Chile: Coup Against Allende, 1973; 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 the Soviet Union, 1969China: War with Vietnam, 1979; China: Tiananmen Violence, 1989; Colombia: Internal Insurgencies, 1970s-1990s; Comoros: Coups, 1980s; Congo (Zaire), Democratic Republic of: Post- Independence Wars, 1960-1965; Congo (Zaire), Democratic Republic of: Kabila Uprising, 1996-1997; Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Republic of: Civil Conflict, 1997; Croatia: War with Serbia, 1991-1995; Cuba: Communist Revolution, 1956-1959; Cuba: Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961; Cuba: Missile Crisis, 1962; Cyprus: Ethnic Conflict and Turkish Invasion Since 1955
- Czechoslovakia: Coup, 1948