ABSTRACT

From the depths of the Cold War to the War on Terror, The Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945 is an in-depth and comprehensive reference guide to the confrontations that have shaped the modern age.

Covering the personalities, the wars and the ideas that have been central to military conflict in the last sixty years, this book includes discussion of:

  • specific campaigns from Vietnam to Iraq
  • international organizations, including NATO, the UN and the Arab League
  • leading historical figures, from Idi Amin to George W. Bush
  • genocides, Proxy wars and the Guerrilla campaigns
  • key concepts in international relations, from Defense to Chemical Warfare
  • the causes of conflict from the religion to the fight for diminishing resources.

Exploring all of this and more in an easy to use A-Z format with guides to further reading, this is an essential resource for students of international relations, military history and conflict and strategic studies at all levels.

letter 3A|18 pages

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9/11

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Accidental War

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Aden

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Afghanistan

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African National Congress

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Aggression

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Al Qaeda

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Albania

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Algeria

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Amnesty

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Anarchism

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Anc (African National Congress)

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Angolan Civilwar, 1974-2002

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Antarctic Treaty, 1959

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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 1972

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Anzus

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Apartheid

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Arbitration

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Arms Sales and Trade

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Asymmetric Warfare

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Attitudes to Conflicts and Crises

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Austrian Neutrality, 1955

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Axis of Evil

letter 21B|9 pages

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Balance of Power

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Balance of Terror

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Ballistic Missile Defence

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Bandung Conference, 1955

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Bangladesh: War of Independence, 1971

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Belize

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Berlin Blockade, 1948

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Berlin Wall, 1961

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Biafra

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Bilateral Security Agreements

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Bio-Terrorism

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Bipolarity

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Brezhnev Doctrine

letter 30C|34 pages

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Cambodia

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Camp David Agreement, 1978

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Central America

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Central Asia and Caucasus

entry |1 pages

Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Treaty Organisation (Cento)

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CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) Treaty, 1990

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Chechnya

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Chemical and Biological Weapons

entry |2 pages

Child Soldiers

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Chile, 1973 Coup

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China

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Cia (Central Intelligence Agency)

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Civil Defence

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Civil Disobedience

entry |1 pages

Civil–Military Relations

entry |1 pages

Civil Rights

entry |4 pages

Civil War

entry |2 pages

Climate Change: Security Issues

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Codwar, 1975-76

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Cold War

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Collective Security

entry |1 pages

Conciliation

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Conflict

entry |2 pages

Conflict Behaviour

entry |2 pages

Conflict Perceptions

entry |1 pages

Conflict Termination

entry |4 pages

Conflicts in Africa

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Congo Crisis, 1960-65

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Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty

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Coup D'Ă©tat

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Crisis and Risk Management

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Cruise Missiles

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Cuba

entry |3 pages

Cuban Missiles Crisis, 1962

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Cyprus

entry |3 pages

Czechoslovakia

letter 64D|8 pages

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Dagestan

entry |1 pages

Damansky Island

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Dayton Accords, 1995

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Decolonisation

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Demilitarisation

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DĂ©tente

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Deterrence

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Dien Bien Phu

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Dirty War

entry |2 pages

Disarmament

entry |1 pages

Domino Theory

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Drugs

letter 72E|6 pages

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East Germany: Riots, 1953

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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Environmental and Ecological Security

entry |1 pages

Eritrea

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Escalation

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Ethnic Conflict

entry |2 pages

European Union Security

letter 78F|3 pages

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Falklands War, 1982

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Fiji

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Football War, 1969

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Frontiers

letter 81G|11 pages

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Genocide

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Geopolitics

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Global Threats: Beyond Terror

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Globalisation

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Gorbachev Doctrine

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Governments and Conflict and Crisis Management

entry |1 pages

Grenada

entry |2 pages

Guerrilla Warfare

entry |3 pages

Gulf War, 1991

entry |2 pages

Gulf War, 2003

letter 92H|7 pages

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Haiti

entry |2 pages

Haves and Have-Nots

entry |1 pages

Hawks and Doves

entry |2 pages

Helsinki Accords, 1975

entry |1 pages

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

entry |3 pages

HIV/AIDS and Other Diseases: Security Implications

entry |1 pages

Homeland Security

entry |1 pages

Hong Kong

entry |1 pages

Humanitarian Intervention

entry |2 pages

Hungary, 1956

letter 99I|34 pages

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Ideological Warfare

entry |3 pages

India

entry |2 pages

Indo-China, 1945-54

entry |1 pages

Indonesia/Malaya Confrontation, 1963-66

entry |1 pages

Information Warfare

entry |2 pages

Intelligence

entry |1 pages

Intergovernmental Organisation

entry |2 pages

International Conflict

entry |3 pages

International Conflict Resolution

entry |2 pages

International Law

entry |3 pages

International Political System: States and Power

entry |4 pages

International Relations Theories

entry |2 pages

International Standard

entry |2 pages

Interstate Conflicts

entry |1 pages

Intervention

entry |2 pages

Intifada (‘Uprising’)

entry |1 pages

Intrastate Conflicts

entry |4 pages

Iran

entry |2 pages

Iran–Iraq War, 1980-88

entry |1 pages

Irangate: The Iran–Contra Affair

entry |4 pages

Iraq

entry |4 pages

Ireland

entry |2 pages

Iron Curtain

entry |1 pages

Irredentism

entry |3 pages

Islam

entry |2 pages

Isolationism

entry |2 pages

Israel: Security Issues

letter 133J|2 pages

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Jordan: Civil War, 1970

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Junta

entry |1 pages

Just War

letter 135K|6 pages

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Kashmir

entry |2 pages

Korean War, 1950-53

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Kosovo

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Kurds

letter 141L|8 pages

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Landmines

entry |1 pages

Latin America

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Lebanon

entry |2 pages

Liberia

entry |2 pages

Libya

entry |1 pages

Limited War

entry |1 pages

Local War

entry |2 pages

Low-Intensity Conflict

letter 149M|13 pages

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Macedonia

entry |2 pages

Malaya: The Emergency, 1948-60

entry |1 pages

Maoism

entry |2 pages

Marshall Plan

entry |1 pages

Mau Mau

entry |3 pages

Media

entry |1 pages

Mediation

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Middle East

entry |1 pages

Militarism

entry |2 pages

Military Globalisation

entry |1 pages

Military–Industrial Complex

entry |2 pages

Military Leadership and Power

entry |2 pages

Millennial Violence

entry |1 pages

Minorities

entry |2 pages

Multinationals and Conflict

entry |2 pages

Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)

letter 162N|23 pages

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Nagorno-Karabakh

entry |2 pages

Narcotics (Drugs) and Conflict

entry |1 pages

Nassau Agreement, 1962

entry |2 pages

Nationalism

entry |4 pages

Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

entry |2 pages

Negotiation

entry |1 pages

Neutralism

entry |1 pages

Neutrality

entry |2 pages

New Terrorism In The 21st Century

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New World Order/Disorder

entry |2 pages

Nixon Doctrine

entry |1 pages

Non-Aligned Movement

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Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)

entry |1 pages

Non-Violent Resistance

entry |1 pages

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

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North-East Africa

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North Korea

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North–South Global Issues

entry |5 pages

Northern Ireland

entry |2 pages

Nuclear Accidents

entry |1 pages

Nuclear Materials: Illicit Trafficking

entry |2 pages

Nuclear Proliferation

entry |2 pages

Nuclear Strikes

entry |1 pages

Nuclear Testing

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Nuclear Winter

letter 185O|3 pages

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Organisation Of African Unity (OAU)

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Organisation Of American States (OAS)

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Oslo Peace Accords, 1993

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Ostpolitik

letter 188P|19 pages

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Pacifism

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Pakistan

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Palestine

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Panama

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Pan-Nationalism

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Partition

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Peace

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Peaceful Co-Existence

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Peacekeeping

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People's War

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Piracy

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Poland, 1980-81

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Political Geography

entry |5 pages

Political Violence

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Polycentrism

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Potsdam Conference, 1945

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Poverty and Debt

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Propaganda

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Proxy Warfare

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Psychology and Conflict

letter 207R|10 pages

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Rapacki Plan

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Rapid Reaction Force

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Refugees

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Religion and World Strategic Issues

entry |3 pages

Resources and Conflicts

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Revolution

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Rio Treaty, 1947

entry |1 pages

Rogue States

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Romania: Uprising, 1989

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Russia

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Rwanda

letter 217S|26 pages

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Salt (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)

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Sarajevo

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Saudi Arabia

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Sdi (Star Wars)

entry |1 pages

Seato (South East Asia Treaty Organisation)

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Second World War: Consequences

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Security for the Planet

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Self-Determination

entry |1 pages

Separatism

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September 2001

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Serbia and Montenegro

entry |2 pages

Sierra Leone

entry |1 pages

Sinkiang

entry |1 pages

Sino-Indian War

entry |2 pages

Sino-Soviet Conflict

entry |2 pages

Six-Day War 1967

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Somalia

entry |2 pages

South Asia

entry |1 pages

South East Asia Treaty Organisation

entry |1 pages

Sovereignty

entry |3 pages

Soviet Union

entry |2 pages

Space: Military Uses

entry |1 pages

Special Forces

entry |2 pages

Special Relationship

entry |1 pages

Spheres of Influence

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Spratly and Paracel Islands

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Sri Lanka

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Stalinism

entry |1 pages

Star Wars

entry |2 pages

Start (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks)

entry |2 pages

States and National Roles

entry |1 pages

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

entry |1 pages

Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

entry |2 pages

Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)

entry |2 pages

Suez Crisis, 1956

entry |1 pages

Summit Negotiation

entry |1 pages

Surprise Attacks

entry |2 pages

Syria

letter 243T|10 pages

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Taiwan

entry |2 pages

Taliban

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Terrorism

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Terrorist States

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Terrorists and Guerrillas: Differences

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Third World Insurgency

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Tibet

entry |1 pages

Titoism

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Total War

entry |1 pages

Totalitarianism

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Treaty

entry |1 pages

Truman Doctrine, 1947

letter 253U|9 pages

entry |1 pages

U2 Spy Plane Incident

entry |2 pages

United Kingdom (UK)

entry |3 pages

United Nations (UN)

entry |6 pages

United States (USA)

letter 262V|3 pages

entry |2 pages

Vietnam War

entry |2 pages

Violence

letter 265W|6 pages

entry |1 pages

Walls

entry |2 pages

War Crimes Trials

entry |3 pages

War on Terror

entry |1 pages

Warsaw Pact

entry |2 pages

Water

entry |2 pages

Weapons of Mass Destruction

letter 271X|1 pages

entry |1 pages

Xenophobia

entry |1 pages

Xinjiang

letter 272Y|4 pages

entry |1 pages

Yalta Conference, 1945

entry |2 pages

Yom Kippur War, 1973

entry |2 pages

Yugoslav Civil War