Civil war/Definition: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>Martin Wyatt No edit summary |
imported>John Stephenson m (moved Civil war to Civil war/Definition: definition rather than a full article) |
(No difference)
| |
Revision as of 11:29, 24 October 2014
For specific civil wars see Civil war (disambiguation)
Civil war is armed conflict within an existing state. The conflict is normally over the question of who shall wield power within the state, or how the state is to be governed, but there may be other causes, for instance, the oppression of a minority.