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 Two Civil War questions for people living in the southern states? Q. 1) Do you wish the south had won the Civil War? 2) If you had lived back then in one of the southern states, would you have fought for the south in the Civil War? Asked by Ron stalking the truth - Wed Jul 15 19:59:36 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. 1. The Confederacy wasn't trying to win anything but independence. It's a tough call whether that would have been a good or bad thing. 2. I those times, one's loyalty was usually with one's home state, not the nation. I probably would have defended my home state when it became necessary. Answered by John H - Wed Jul 15 20:10:03 2009 How do you start a civil war in civilization 4? Q. I got the complete edition with the "Beyond the Sword" and "Warlords" expansion pack, with the seperate "Colinization" Game, but i was wondering... I remember in Civ. II you could start a civil war by capturing the enemy capital city... Can you still do that? Asked by John B - Thu Jul 23 14:47:39 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. You'd get much better and many more answers if you tried this on the YA Gaming board. Answered by ajtheactress - Thu Jul 23 15:01:19 2009 How did the Civil War turn from a limited war to save the Union into a total war to end slavery?
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