Civil War

A civil war is a prolonged armed conflict between groups that inhabit the same state. Typical civil wars are fought to replace a government or gain concessions from the government, or to break away and form a new state. In some cases, the government is not a party to the conflict.

Partial List of Civil Wars

• Seventeenth Century
  • English Civil War
• Nineteenth Century
  • Chile (1929–30)
  • American Civil War
  • Chile (1891)
• Twentieth Century
  • Mexico (1911–20)
  • China (1945–49)
  • Irish Civil War
  • Russian Civil War
  • Spanish Civil War

Bibliography

• Malanczuk, Peter. Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law, 7th ed. New York: Routledge, 1997.