war / conventional category - Inter-State Civil War Genocidal

general political, economic, military background

constitutive state crisis

non-Western states directly involved

quasi-state movements involved

roles of other major non-Western states

role of West in causation

role of West in war/ aftermath

Cambodia 1979 IS + G

Vietnam war; Sino-Soviet split and border conflict

Khmer Rouge genocide, attacks on Vietnam

Cambodia, Vietnam (ending genocide)

China supported KR, USSR Vietnam

US bombing of Cambodia early 1970s

opposition to Vietnam

/ US-UK backing for KR at UN

China-Vietnam 1980 IS

Sino-Soviet split

post-Mao upheavals, Cambodia- Vietnam war

China, Vietnam

USSR supported Vietnam

Afghanistan 1979-86 CW

Soviet regional hegemony

weak basis of Afghan Communist regime

Afghanistan, USSR

Muhajedin

US arms, $ to Muhajedin

El Salvador 1980s CW

US regional hegemony

El Salvador civil war

El Salvador

left-wing rebels

US supported regime

US supported regime

Nicaragua 1980s CW

US regional hegemony

1979 Nica-raguan revolution

Nicaragua

'Contra' rebels

USSR supported govt.

US backed Somoza regime

US backed Contras

Iraq-Iran 1980-88 IS+CW+G

Shah's 'sub- imperialism' ME oil wealth, arms build-ups, 1970s

Iranian revolution 1979

Iran, Iraq

Kurdish separatist movements in both states (Iraq uses

USSR supported Iraq

supported Shah's Iran (sold arms) opposed Revolution

West tacitly sought Iraqi victory, sold arms

E Timor 1975-99 CW+G

ambitious Indonesian state

collapse Portuguese empire

Indonesia

Fretelin

Mozambique 1980s CW

late Cold War rivalry

Mozambique revolution

Renamo

S Africa backs Renamo

Angola 1980s CW

late Cold War rivalry

Angolan revolution

Angola, Cuba,

S Africa

Unita

USSR backs govt.

Cold War opposition to regime

US, S Africa back Unita