Civil Wars in a sentence

However, the rate of new civil wars had not increased appreciably; the drastic rise in the number of ongoing wars after World War II was a result of the tripling of the average duration of civil wars to over four years.

Wales was then a part of the Kingdom of England and was affected accordingly; from the outset, moreover, the conflicts involved wars with and civil wars within both Scotland and Ireland (see Wars of the Three Kingdoms for an overview).

While the rate of emergence of new civil wars has been relatively steady since the mid-19th century, the increasing length of those wars has resulted in increasing numbers of wars ongoing at any one time.

There are many others around the world, some of which have been destroyed in wars and civil wars.

The list of historical spots across the state is extensive, spanning from the first settlers to the battlefields of Revolutionary and Civil wars to the state’s contributions in two World Wars and in the years that followed.

In addition to the Lebanese Civil War from 1975-1990, they fought against the IDF in various conflicts in the early part of this century and have been actively involved in both the Syrian and Yemen civil wars.

The Spanish Civil War was one of Europe's bloodiest and most brutal civil wars.

This includes civil wars, however no specific definition of civil war is provided in the text of the Conventions.

A similar thing happened to our intervention in Liberia and Sierra Leone both of which were left to plunge into bloody civil wars by their colonisers.

But the West fought back; the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and civil wars in Angola, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan are prominent examples of the global conflict between the East and the West.

I’ve covered civil wars.

Liberians vote Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters’ main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.

Montaigne made himself the heir to the Roman Stoics in the 16th century, at a time when society was torn apart by civil wars and damaged by the plague; here again, the aim was to create a "back room" where one could cultivate one's inner self.

These are civil wars and genocides.

They said the primary source of weapons to civilians was the civil wars.

What makes Pharoh more interesting is that the inevitable collapse means you and your rivals are in a constant state of turmoil, to the point that civil wars are constantly breaking out everywhere.

Other topics that capture her interest: Richard Nixon’s creation of Hispanic Heritage Week in 1969, Central America’s civil wars in the final decades of the 20th century and Latino representation in Hollywood films.

Since its independence in 1960, the DRC has experienced two civil wars, causing multitudes of casualties and millions in exile.

The CIA chief's Balkan trip was a strong push for regional leaders to quickly turn their attention to resolving crises that have their roots in the 1990s civil wars, judging by the initial impact.

The two biggest colonies, Angola and Mozambique, descended into bloody civil wars, whose effects are felt to this day.