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Conflicts Since World War II

The articles contained in Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II can be divided into three general categories.

The first category is called 'Roots of War' and consists of eight essays outlining the major types of conflicts and the underlying causes of war in the post–World War II era.

By far the largest category of articles consists of nearly 180 entries on specific armed conflicts that have taken place across the globe since the end of World War II.

The third general category of articles, Organizations, Alliances, Conventions, and Negotiations, identifies and describes the international institutions and processes by which various countries, regions, blocs of geographically and ideologically united or culturally related nations, or the international community as a whole, have dealt with threats to security, resolved conflicts, maintained peace, and punished war criminals.

World Monarchs and Dynasties

This encyclopedia includes almost 400 accounts of individual monarchs—such as Richard I, Lionheart of England and Emperor Hirohito of Japan—from all continents and periods of history. Although it is impossible to include accounts of all recorded monarchs, the editors have selected those individuals considered most important, rulers whose reigns or actions significantly impacted history.

World Monarchies and Dynasties also includes more than 450 accounts of royal dynasties—families from the Ming dynasty of China to the rulers of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.