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Author Ciment, James

Title Encyclopedia of Conflicts since World War II
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (721 pages)
Contents 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
Summary This copiously illustrated A-Z reference presents the most in-depth information available about the various conflicts the world has endured, local, regional, and international, since World War II. Some 142 conflicts are discussed and analyzed. The Encyclopedia of Conflict since World War II, with its coverage of all the countries of the world, fills a critical need for clear, comprehensive explanations of events not covered in such detail in any other reference source. Entries end with an extensive bibliography; and the encyclopedia includes maps, chronologies, and a general bibliogra
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Subject World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Encyclopedias
World politics -- 1989- -- Encyclopedias
Military history, Modern -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias
Military history, Modern -- 21st century -- Encyclopedias
Military history, Modern
World politics
Genre/Form Encyclopedias
Form Electronic book
Author Hill, Kenneth
ISBN 9781136596148
1136596143