NounSingular civil war Plural civil wars civil war (plural civil wars) From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A civil war is a war between organized groups within a single nation state, or, less commonly, between two nations created from a formerly-united nation state. The aim of one side may be to take control of the nation or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. It is high-intensity conflict, often involving regular armed forces, that is sustained, organized and large-scale. Civil wars result in large numbers of casualties and the consumption of large resources. Civil wars since the end of World War II have lasted on average just over four years, a dramatic rise from the one-and-a-half year average of the 1900-1944 period. While the rate of emergence of new civil wars has been relatively steady since the mid-1800s, the increasing length of those wars resulted in increasing numbers of wars ongoing at any one time. For example, there were no more than five civil wars underway simultaneously in the first half of the twentieth century, while over 20 concurrent civil wars were occurring at the end of the Cold War, before a significant decrease as conflicts strongly associated with the superpower rivalry came to an end. Since 1945, civil wars have resulted in the deaths of over 25 million people, as well as the forced displacement of millions more. Civil wars have further resulted in economic collapse; Burma (Myanmar), Uganda and Angola are examples of nations that were considered to have promising futures before being engulfed in civil wars. Scholars investigating the cause of civil war are attracted by two opposing theories, greed versus grievance. Roughly stated: are conflicts caused by who people are, whether that be defined in terms of ethnicity, religion or other social affiliation, or do conflicts begin because it is in the economic best interests of individuals and groups to start them? Scholarly analysis supports the conclusion that economic and structural factors are more important than those of identity in predicting occurrences of civil war. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Civil War:What were the difference between the North and the South in the Civil War? Q. Could anyone help me Compare and contrast the North and the South in the civil war? Asked by Bob - Sat Jun 13 20:13:01 2009 - - 8 Answers - 1 Comments A. The north was industrial based. The south was agriculturally based. The federal government began gaining too much power and wanted to have all cotton grown in the south processed in the north; however, the south could get better prices overseas (England). The south didn't like being told what to do and tried to succeed. The civil war started over the right to succeed from the union. For the first year or so, the civil war had nothing to do slavery. In fact, many northern officers publicly stated that they would call a temporary truce to help put down any slave rebellions. However, the war wasn't going well so the federal government made the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves. The north was industrialized. Once they started producing… [cont.] Answered by Summer - Sat Jun 13 20:28:44 2009 How was tuberculosis treated during the American Civil War? Q. How was tuberculosis treated around the time of the American Civil War? I've tried to find the answer, but have been unable to find any information other than the number of people who died because of it. Thanks for the help! Asked by the_1_milkmaid - Thu Sep 10 18:00:12 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I don't think there was any very effective treatement for tuberculosis (consumption as they called it then). People used to believe that it was good to go to places with fresh air, mountains etc, in Europe there were sanotariums in places like Switzerland which were popular with those who could afford them. I expect there were similar places in the USA. Injecting air into the chest cavity was thought to be helpful, but I don't suppose it did any good really. Apparently they also tried to reduce lung size through surgery. It was all pretty hopeless though. TB accounted for 25% of deaths in Europe during the 19th century, and I expect it was as bad in America. Answered by Louise C - Fri Sep 11 11:12:04 2009 Where can I find speeches about women during the civil war?
Q. Like how important they were during the civil war. Like a speech that talks about all the things they did while the men were away at war? Please help. and documents as well or even news papers. Asked by sawa - Sun Dec 20 12:14:27 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Sawa, I think this werbsite will help, pay particular attention to the Ashhurst, Mary Hazlehurst. Diaries (1863-1864) And the menu on the left. These may help also: Answered by Yellowstonedogs - Mon Dec 21 05:38:08 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "civil war"
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