The Atlas of War and PeaceAt rare moments it seems a new era is starting before our eyes and history is about to change very fast. September 11, 2001 was such a moment. The latest edition of this classic reference takes us beyond the headlines. It provides a global overview of the causes and consequences of war today and the dynamics of peacemaking. It analyses current wars, their backgrounds, their trends and their prospects on every continent. From Iraq to Sierra Leone, the Middle East to Northern Ireland, Colombia to Afghanistan, The Atlas of War and Peace maps the problem of war and the challenge of peace in the 21st century. Its unique format gives shape and meaning to the statistics about the world's war zones and armed forces, and makes it an indispensable resource for understanding the world we live in. |
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... Cambodia 1975-79 1.6 million people - about 20 percent of the population were killed or starved to death during the Khmer Rouge's four year attempt to reconstruct Cambodia as a society without towns , without traditions , without ...
... Cambodia 1975-79 1.6 million people - about 20 percent of the population were killed or starved to death during the Khmer Rouge's four year attempt to reconstruct Cambodia as a society without towns , without traditions , without ...
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... CAMBODIA MALAYSIA 1975-79 Vietnamese war with Cambodia . 1975-90 Laos : civil war . 1978-97 India : Nagaland uprising . 1978- Afghanistan : civil war ( with Soviet intervention 1979-89 , and US and allied intervention 2001- ) . 1979 ...
... CAMBODIA MALAYSIA 1975-79 Vietnamese war with Cambodia . 1975-90 Laos : civil war . 1978-97 India : Nagaland uprising . 1978- Afghanistan : civil war ( with Soviet intervention 1979-89 , and US and allied intervention 2001- ) . 1979 ...
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... CAMBODIA 1960-75 VIETNAM MALAYSIA 1950-59 Ace 1989 SINGAPORE Indian Ocean Cambodia South China Sea BRUNE War started as a sideshow to the war in Vietnam . In 1975 the Communist Khmer Rouge were victorious , and then went to war against ...
... CAMBODIA 1960-75 VIETNAM MALAYSIA 1950-59 Ace 1989 SINGAPORE Indian Ocean Cambodia South China Sea BRUNE War started as a sideshow to the war in Vietnam . In 1975 the Communist Khmer Rouge were victorious , and then went to war against ...
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1991 suspended Afghanistan agreement 1991 al Qaida ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA Arab armed conflict armed forces ARMENIA army attacks AZERBAIJAN border Bosnia-Herzegovina break in action BURMA BURUNDI CAMBODIA ceasefire China civil war civil civil war regional civilians Colombia continuing suspended Croatia decisive break democracy dictatorship DJIBOUTI DR Congo EAST TIMOR economic EGYPT elections ERITREA ETHIOPIA ethnic fighting groups GUATEMALA guerrillas GUINEA Hutu independence India Indonesia International IRAN Iraq Israel Israeli killed Kosovo Kurdish Kurdistan Kuwait KYRGYZSTAN leaders LEBANON LIBERIA LIBYA million MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA Nations Northern Ireland Pakistan Palestinian party peace agreement peace process peacekeeping operations percent PHILIPPINES political population President Qaida refugees regional civil Russia Rwanda SALVADOR SAUDI ARABIA Serb Serbia Sierra Leone SOMALIA South Africa SOUTH KOREA SRI LANKA Sudan suspended by agreement suspended by decisive SYRIA TAJIKISTAN territory TURKEY Tutsi UGANDA uprising USSR UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA Vietnam violence weapons YEMEN Yugoslavia ZIMBABWE