Fault line war, the Glossary
A fault line war is one that takes place between two or more identity groups (usually religious or ethnic) from different civilizations.[1]
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7 relations: Balkanization, Civilization, Clash of Civilizations, Conventional warfare, Genocide, Protracted social conflict, Samuel P. Huntington.
- Wars by type
Balkanization
Balkanization or Balkanisation is the process involving the fragmentation of an area, country, or region into multiple smaller and hostile units.
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Civilization
A civilization (civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond signed or spoken languages (namely, writing systems and graphic arts).
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Clash of Civilizations
The "Clash of Civilizations" is a thesis that people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post–Cold War world.
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Conventional warfare
Conventional warfare is a form of warfare conducted by using conventional weapons and battlefield tactics between two or more states in open confrontation.
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Genocide
Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people, either in whole or in part.
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Protracted social conflict is a technical term that generally refers to conflicts which are complex, severe, enduring, and often violent. The term was first presented in a theory developed by Edward Azar and contemporary researchers and conflict scholars continue to use it.
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Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel Phillips Huntington (April 18, 1927December 24, 2008) was an American political scientist, adviser, and academic.
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See also
Wars by type
- Annual dry season offensive
- Attrition warfare
- Cabinet wars
- Civil war
- Civil wars
- Coalition war
- Cold war (term)
- Colonial war
- Crime of aggression
- Defensive war
- Ethnic conflict
- Ethnic conflicts
- Fault line war
- Forgotten war
- Guerrilla warfare
- Insurgency
- Invasion
- Invasions
- Limited war
- List of bloodless wars
- List of wars of succession
- List of wars of succession in Europe
- People's war
- Perpetual war
- Preemptive war
- Preventive war
- Princely rebellion
- Proxy war
- Proxy wars
- Religious war
- Total war
- Undeclared war
- War of aggression
- War of annihilation
- War of succession
- Wars of independence
- Wars of succession
- World Wars
- World war