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title: Warfare Since the Second World War Gantzel, Klaus Jurgen.; Schwinghammer, author: Torsten. publisher: Transaction Publishing isbn10 | asin: 1560004134 print isbn13: 9781560004134 ebook isbn13: 9780585329376 language: English War--History--20th century, World politics- subject -1945- publication date: 2000 lcc: U21.2.G36413 2000eb ddc: 355/.009/045 War--History--20th century, World politics- subject: -1945- Page iii Warfare since the Second World War Klaus Jürgen Gantzel Torsten Schwinghammer With an afterword by Dietrich Jung, Klaus Schlichte, and Jens Siegelberg Translated by Jonathan P.G. Bach Copyright © 2000 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Transaction Publishers, RutgersThe State University, 35 Berrue Circle, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8042. This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 99-043673 ISBN: 1-56000-413-4 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gantzel, Klaus Jürgen. [Kriege nach dem Zweiten Welkrieg, 1945 bis 1992. English] Warfare since the Second World War / Klaus Jürgen Ganztel and Torsten Schwinghammer; with an afterword by Dietrich Jung, Klaus Schlichte, and Jens Siegelberg; translated by Jonathan P.G. Bach p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56000-413-4 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. WarHistory20th century. 2. World politics1945-I. Title. II. Schwinghammer, Torsten. U21.2.G36413 1999 355'.009'1045 21dc21 99- 043673 Page v Dedicated in Memory of Professor Dr. iur., Ph.D., Dr. Mult. h.c. Karl W. Deutsch July 21, 1912November 1, 1992 Page vii Contents List of Tables and Figures ix List of Abbreviations xiii Foreword xv Glossary xxi 1. Purposes and Problems for the Statistical Analysis of 1 Wars 1.1 Enlightenment and Peace Research 1 1.2 Theoretical and Methodological Problems 3 2. Definitions and Inclusion Criteria for the List of Wars 11 since the Second World War 2.1 Definition of "War" 11 2.2 The Wagers of War: "Aggressors" and the 15 "Aggressed" 2.3 Regional Categorization of Countries at War 18 2.4 Duration of the Wars 19 2.5 Types of War 20 2.6 Forms of Conflict 22 2.7 War Termination and War Results 28 3. Reference List of Wars, 1945-1992 31 4. Evaluating War since 1945 73 4.1 Methodological Remarks 73 4.2 The Steady Increase of the Global Burden of War 76 4.3 War in the Peripheries, Peace in the Center: The 80 Regional Distribution of the Wars 4.4 The Wagers of War: The Third World at War with 94 Itself 4.5 The Types of War: A Historical Shift in the Struggle105 over Statehood and Power? 4.6 Third-Party InterventionA Losing Proposition? 117 4.7 Time and Suffering: Duration and Victims of War 133 4.8 Does Power Propel War? 144 4.9 What is Fought For and Where: Forms of Conflict 148 4.10 How War Ends: Termination and Outcome 151 Page viii 5. Afterword: Warfare in 1995 169 5.1 Main Trends in Warfare after 1945 170 5.2 Causes of War since 1945 171 5.3 The Fall of States and the Diffusion of Violence 172 5.4 A Political and Social Dilemma 173 5.5 On Ending Wars and Regulating Peace 176 The War Register, 1945-1992 The Americas 181 Central America and the Caribbean 181 South America 202 Europe 218 Near and Middle East 238 Africa 291 North Africa 291 West Africa 303 Central Africa 313 East Africa 326 Southern Africa 343 Asia 353 South and Southeast Asia 353 East Asia 416 Appendices 425 Chronological List of Wars, 1945-1992 425 Wars, 1945-1992, Ordered by War Type 440 Wars, 1945-1992, Ordered by War Number 451 Directory of Wars in which the USA, the 464 USSR/Russian Federation, or Former Colonial Powers Participated Directory of Countries at War, Ordered by Region 469 Directory of Casualties and the Costs of War, 1945- 473 1992 Additional Lists 487 Directory of Wars Ongoing as of December 31, 1992 487 Directory of Wars Waged in 1993 (as of December 31, 488 1993) Directory of Wars Waged in 1994 (as of December 31, 490 1994) Directory of Wars Waged in 1995 (as of December 31, 492 1995) Directory of Colonial Independence 493 Directory of States 497 Bibliography 501 Key to Authors' Names 553
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