THE STATE OF RESEARCH ON INTERNAL WAR

Abstract

The paper evaluates current knowledge about the nature of internal war and the types of research being undertaken to increase this knowledge. There were 380 conflicts in the world in the 19 years following World War 2, involving 81 percent of the 123 independent countries in the world. During this period, there were from 13 to 30 new conflicts each year and an average of 13.6 on-going conflicts each month, but there was no formal declaration of war in any conflict. The crucial conceptual issues about internal war are still in the pretheoretical stage. New research on internal war should examine the interaction of the antagonists on a time-line basis, utilize reliable attitudinal data, and examine what happens after hostilities are over, since the real impact of a revolution seems to occur after rather than during the period of active combat. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0711601

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  • Jesse Orlansky

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  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Civil War
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  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Information Science
  • International Conflicts
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Revolutions
  • Second World War
  • Sociopolitics
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Warfare

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