Warfare since the Second World War

1118 Pages·2000·3.32 MB·English

by  Klaus Jürgen Gantzel

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-
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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.
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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 99-043673
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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

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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
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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