ABSTRACT

Thoroughly revised to include 25 conflicts not covered in the previous edition, as well as expanded and updated information on previous coverage, this illustrated reference presents descriptions and analyses of more than 170 significant post-World War II conflicts around the globe. Organized by region for ease of access, "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. Including more than 180 detailed maps and 150 photos, the set highlights the conflicts that dominate today's headlines and the events that changed the course of late twentieth-century history.

chapter |10 pages

COLD WAR CONFRONTATIONS

chapter |7 pages

ANTICOLONIALISM

chapter |9 pages

PEOPLE’S WARS

chapter |8 pages

COUPS

chapter |10 pages

INVASIONS AND BORDER DISPUTES

chapter |8 pages

Ethnic and Religious Conflicts

chapter |12 pages

INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE

chapter |2 pages

AFRICA, SUB-SAHARAN

chapter |6 pages

ANGOLA: War of National Liberation, 1961–1974

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Anticolonial PARTICIPANT: Portugal

chapter |3 pages

ANGOLA: Struggle over Cabinda, 1960–

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Separatist PARTICIPANT: Portugal

chapter |7 pages

ANGOLA: First War with UNITA, 1975–1992

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Cold War Confrontation; Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Congo (Zaire); Cuba; South Africa; Soviet Union; United States

chapter |4 pages

ANGOLA: Second War with UNITA, 1992–2002

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANT: Democratic Republic of Congo

chapter |4 pages

BURKINA FASO: Coups, 1966–1987

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups, Left and Right

chapter |7 pages

BURUNDI: Ethnic Strife Since 1962

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious

chapter |6 pages

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Coups Since 1966

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups, Left and Right PARTICIPANT: France

chapter |5 pages

CHAD: Civil Wars, 1960s–1990s

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: France; Libya

chapter |4 pages

CHAD: War with Libya, 1986–1987

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Invasions and Border Disputes PARTICIPANTS: France; Libya

chapter |5 pages

COMOROS: Coups, 1980s

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups PARTICIPANT: France

chapter |8 pages

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE: Post-Independence Wars, 1960–1965

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Cold War Confrontation; Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Belgium; France

chapter |6 pages

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF: Kabila Uprising, 1996–1997

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups; Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Angola; Rwanda; Uganda; Zimbabwe

chapter |5 pages

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF: Invasions and Internal Strife, 1998–

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Invasions and Border Disputes; Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Angola; Burundi; Namibia; Rwanda; Sudan; Uganda; Zimbabwe

chapter |5 pages

Congo, Republic of: Civil Conflict, 1997

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coup; Ethnic and Religious Conflict

chapter |3 pages

Djibouti: Civil Conflict, 1991–2000

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Ethiopia; France

chapter |6 pages

ERITREA: War for Independence, 1958–1991

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANT: Ethiopia

chapter |4 pages

ERITREA: Border War with Ethiopia, 1998–2000

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Border Dispute

chapter |5 pages

ETHIOPIA: Revolution, 1974–1978

TYPE OF CONFLICT: PARTICIPANT: Soviet Union

chapter |4 pages

ETHIOPIA: War with Somalia, 1977–1978

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Invasions and Border Disputes PARTICIPANT: Somalia

chapter |6 pages

ETHIOPIA: Civil War, 1978–1991

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANT: Eritrea

chapter |3 pages

GHANA: Rawlings Coups, 1979–1981

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups

chapter |3 pages

GUINEA-BISSAU: War of National Liberation, 1962–1974

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Anticolonialism PARTICIPANT: Portugal

chapter |4 pages

GUINEA-BISSAU: Civil War, 1998–2000

TYPE OF CONFLICT: PARTICIPANTS: Guinea-Bissau; Senegal; ECOWAS

chapter |5 pages

IVORY COAST: Civil Disorder Since 1999

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Burkina Faso; France

chapter |4 pages

KENYA: Mau Mau Uprising, 1952–1956

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Anticolonial PARTICIPANT: United Kingdom

chapter |3 pages

LIBERIA: Doe Coup, 1980

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups

chapter |6 pages

LIBERIA: Civil War, 1989–1997

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious; Cold War Confrontation PARTICIPANT: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

chapter |4 pages

LIBERIA: Anti-Taylor Uprising, 1998–2003

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: ECOWAS; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Sierra Leone

chapter |6 pages

MADAGASCAR: Independence Movement and Coups, 1947–2002

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Anticolonialism; Coups PARTICIPANT: France

chapter |3 pages

MALI: Ethnic and Political Conflict, 1968–1996

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious; Coups PARTICIPANT: Congo (Zaire)

chapter |3 pages

MAURITANIA: Coups Since 1978

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups PARTICIPANTS: Spain; Western Sahara

chapter |6 pages

MOZAMBIQUE: War of National Liberation, 1961–1974

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Anticolonialism PARTICIPANT: Portugal

chapter |8 pages

MOZAMBIQUE: Renamo War, 1976–1992

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Terrorism and International Incidents; Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); South Africa

chapter |4 pages

NAMIBIA: War of National Liberation, 1966–1990

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Anticolonialism PARTICIPANT: South Africa

chapter |3 pages

NIGER: Ethnic and Political Conflict Since 1990

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious; Coups

chapter |6 pages

NIGERIA: Biafra War, 1967–1970

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious

chapter |7 pages

NIGERIA: Coups and Ethnic Unrest Since 1966

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups; Ethnic and Religious Conflict

chapter |11 pages

RWANDA: Civil War and Genocide Since 1991

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Congo (Zaire); Uganda

chapter |5 pages

SIERRA LEONE: Civil Conflict, 1990–Present

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious; Coups PARTICIPANTS: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); Liberia

chapter |8 pages

SOMALIA: Civil War Since 1991

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Cold War Confrontation; Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Ethiopia; United Nations; United States

chapter |10 pages

SOUTH AFRICA: Anti-Apartheid Struggle, 1948–1994

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious; Anticolonialism

chapter |9 pages

SUDAN: Civil Wars in South, 1955–1972; 1983–2005

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: Chad; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Uganda

chapter |6 pages

SUDAN: Conflict in Darfur Since 2002

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Ethnic and Religious PARTICIPANTS: African Union

chapter 1963|3 pages

TOGO: Coups and Political Unrest, 1963–1990s

TYPE OF CONFLICT: Coups; Ethnic and Religious