International Armed Conflict since 1945

International armed conflict pervades the nuclear era. Although nuclear war has been avoided to date, frequent "limited" wars and foreign interventions just short of war have repeatedly challenged the semblance of peace that was maintained throughout the years of the Cold War. This bibliographic handbook is a survey of the international war and foreign military intervention between 1945 and 1988. The author describes 269 international armed conflicts, causes, participants and the nature and scale of violence. In the process he provides over 100 citations of books, essays and articles, as well as hundreds of newspaper accounts and other documents, that support research in several disciplines. Scholars, students and analysts of military affairs, peace and security students, international relations, and contemporary history students should find this book of interest.