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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.[1]
Partial List of Civil Wars
- Seventeenth Century
- Nineteenth Century
- 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.
Notes
- ↑ Malanczuk, 318