APPENDIX 1

TABLE A.1

Civil Wars That Began between 1940 and 1992

Civil War Active Negotiations Signed Bargain Outcomea
Greece, 1944–49 Yes No Decisive victory
China, 1946–50b Yes Yes Decisive victory
Paraguay, 1947* No No Decisive victory
Yemen Arab Republic, 1948* No No Decisive victory
Costa Rica, 1948 No No Decisive victory
Colombia, 1948–62c Yes Yes Successful settlement
Burma, 1948–51 No No Decisive victory
Indonesia, 1950 No No Decisive victory
Philippines, 1950–52 No No Decisive victory
Bolivia, 1952* No No Decisive victory
Indonesia, 1953* No No Decisive victory
Guatemala, 1954* No No Decisive victory
Argentina, 1955* No No Decisive victory
Indonesia, 1956–60 No No Decisive victory
Lebanon, 1958* Yes Yes Successful settlement
Cuba, 1958–59 No No Decisive victory
Iraq, 1959 No No Decisive victory
Vietnam, 1960–65 No No Decisive victory
Congo, 1960–65 No No Decisive victory
Laos, 1960–73d Yes Yes Decisive victory
Algeria, 1962–63* No No Decisive victory
Yemen Arab Republic, 1962–69 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Sudan, 1963–72 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Rwanda, 1963–64 No No Decisive victory
Dominican Republic, 1965 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Uganda, 1966 No No Decisive victory
Guatemala, 1966–96e Yes Yes Successful settlement
China, 1967–68 No No Decisive victory
Nigeria, 1967–70 Yes No Decisive victory
Burma, 1968–80 No No Decisive victory
Cambodia, 1970–75 No No Decisive victory
Jordan, 1970 No No Decisive victory
Pakistan, 1971 No No Decisive victory
Sri Lanka, 1971 No No Decisive victory
Burundi, 1972 No No Decisive victory
Philippines, 1972– Yes Yes Unresolved
Zimbabwe, 1972–79 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Pakistan, 1973–77 No No Decisive victory
Lebanon, 1975–90 Yes No Decisive victoryf
Angola, 1975–g Yes Yes Unresolved
Afghanistan, 1978– Yes Yes Unresolved
Iran, 1978–79 No No Decisive victory
Nicaragua, 1978–79 Yes No Decisive victory
Cambodia, 1979–91 Yes Yes Successful settlement
El Salvador, 1979–92 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Mozambique, 1979–92 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Chad, 1980–88 Yes Yes Decisive victory
Uganda, 1980–88 Yes Yes Decisive victory
Iran, 1981–82 No No Decisive victory
Peru, 1982– No No Unresolved
Nicaragua, 1982–90 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Somalia, 1982– Yes Yes Unresolved
Burma, 1983–* No No Unresolved
Sri Lanka, 1983– Yes No Unresolved
Sudan, 1983–* Yes No Unresolved
Colombia, 1984– Yes No Unresolved
Iraq, 1985– No No Unresolved
India, 1985–93 Yes No Decisive victoryh
South Yemen, 1986 No No Decisive victory
Sri Lanka, 1987–89 No No Decisive victory
Burundi, 1988 No No Decisive victory
Liberia, 1989–94i Yes Yes Decisive victory
Romania, 1989* No No Decisive victory
Rwanda, 1990–94 Yes Yes Decisive victory
Georgia (Abkahzia), 1991–* Yes No Unresolved
Georgia (S. Ossetia), 1991–* Yes No Unresolved
Nagorno-Karabakh, 1991–* Yes No Unresolved
Croatian Independence, 1991–92 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Turkey, 1991–* Yes No Unresolved
Burundi, 1991– Yes No Unresolved
Bosnia, 1992–95 Yes Yes Successful settlement
Tajikistan, 1992–94 Yes No Decisive victoryj

*Borderline cases (see chapter 3 for details).

aCivil wars were considered unresolved if neither a negotiated settlement nor a decisive military victory had been reached by December 31, 1999.

bThe Correlates of War database (COW) codes this as two separate wars, the first 1946–50, the second in 1947.

cCOW codes this as two separate wars, the first in 1948, the second 1949–62.

dCOW codes this as two separate wars, 1960–62 and 1963–73.

eCOW codes this as three separate wars, 1966–72, 1970–71, and 1978–84.

fCOW codes this as having ended in a decisive victory. Technically, however, the war ended inconclusively when Syrian troops occupied the country in 1976 and forced a peace.

gCOW codes this as two separate wars, the first 1975–91, the second in 1992.

hMore accurately, this war petered out after January 1993 elections restored self-government. Terrorism continued as of December 1999.

iCOW codes this as two separate wars, the first 1989–90, the second ongoing since 1992.

jWar temporarily ended in 1994 with a cease-fire enforced by fifteen thousand Russian soldiers.