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. In some cases, the government is not a party to the conflict.<ref>Malanczuk, 318</ref>
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==List of Civil Wars==
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*Seventeenth Century
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**[[English Civil War]]
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*Nineteenth Century
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**[[American Civil War]]
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*Twentieth Century
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**[[Russian Civil War]]
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==Bibliography==
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*Malanczuk, Peter. ''Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law,'' 7th ed. New York: Routledge, 1997.