Civil war
| Civil war link (war) | |
|---|---|
| A war between groups within a single nation state, |
A civil war is a war between groups within the same nation state,[1] or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly united state.[2]
References
- ↑ James Fearon, "Iraq's Civil War" in Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007. For further discussion on civil war classification, see the section "Formal classification".
- ↑ Nations, Markets, and War: Modern History and the American Civil War | Book Reviews, EH.net. "Two nations [within the U.S.] developed because of slavery." October 2006. Retrieved July 2009.
