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civil war and rebellion
civil war and revolution
civil war in Afghanistan
civil war in Chechnya
civil war in China
civil war in Congo
civil war in Finland
civil war in Greece
civil war in Guatemala
civil war in Indochina
civil war in Ireland
civil war in Korea
civil war in Russia
civil war in Rwanda
civil war in Syria
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ethnic cleansing
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historical cycles of war
historiography of civil wars
how do civil wars end?
how to understand the complexity of civil wars
internal war
intertwined internal and external wars
intracommunity violence
intractable conflict
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peace in the twenty-first century
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post-war periods in which armed conflict did not cease
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war and conflict in the twenty-first century
why are civil wars so prevalent today?
why do civil wars start?
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- ISBN 9781509550043
- Publication Date: 27 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Polity Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Civil war was the most extreme, cruel and widespread form of violence during much of the 20th century. Its hurricane-like vortex devastated countries, split nations and destroyed communities in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. No other tool worked better for unleashing revolutions or repelling them, building nations, expelling ethnic or political minorities, securing territorial domains and economic resources, annihilating internal enemies, creating orphans and widows and generating human suffering. With the era of major international conflicts ending in the middle of the 20th century, civil wars are now the most recurrent type of armed conflict in the world. With more than 20 million victims and 65 million refugees since 1945, it is difficult to dispute their primacy in the hierarchy of contemporary terror.
Civil Wars traces the history of civil wars in the 20th and 21st centuries, arguing that civil wars have played a key role in shaping the world in which we live today. It analyses a multitude of civil wars in different countries and regions of the world including Russia, Finland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, China, Yugoslavia, Greece, Korea, Indochina, Guatemala, Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq and Syria. Through these case studies, the authors seek to identify elements intrinsic to civil war, such as its transnational nature, the contagion effect, recurrent conflict and extreme violence against civilians, in order to identify the cycles of civil war that shaped the twentieth century and continue to shape the world today.
This book is the first to offer a global history of civil wars in the hundred years from 1917 to 2017: the century of terror and genocide, but also the century of civil wars. It will be of interest to a wide readership interested in war and conflict in the modern world, as well as to students and scholars of war and of modern history.
Civil Wars traces the history of civil wars in the 20th and 21st centuries, arguing that civil wars have played a key role in shaping the world in which we live today. It analyses a multitude of civil wars in different countries and regions of the world including Russia, Finland, Ireland, Spain, Italy, China, Yugoslavia, Greece, Korea, Indochina, Guatemala, Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq and Syria. Through these case studies, the authors seek to identify elements intrinsic to civil war, such as its transnational nature, the contagion effect, recurrent conflict and extreme violence against civilians, in order to identify the cycles of civil war that shaped the twentieth century and continue to shape the world today.
This book is the first to offer a global history of civil wars in the hundred years from 1917 to 2017: the century of terror and genocide, but also the century of civil wars. It will be of interest to a wide readership interested in war and conflict in the modern world, as well as to students and scholars of war and of modern history.
Javier Rodrigo is Professor of History at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
David Alegre is Adjunct Professor of Modern History at the University of Girona.
David Alegre is Adjunct Professor of Modern History at the University of Girona.
