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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779306203321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of conflicts since World War II / / editor, James Ciment ; contributors, Kenneth L. Hill, David MacMichael, Carl Skutsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y. : , : Sharpe Reference : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

0-203-05866-6

1-283-88785-1

1-136-59614-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (721 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CimentJames

HillKenneth L

MacMichaelDavid

SkutschCarl

Disciplina

909.82/5

909.825

Soggetti

World politics - 1945-1989

World politics - 1989-

Military history, Modern - 20th century

Military history, Modern - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Project manager: Michael Weber, Cartographer: Alice Thiede, Photo Research: Ann Burns--V. 1. t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.