John E. Jessup – författare

This is an ideal reference work, for it contains more than 10,000 entries arranged chronologically by year, month, and day. Each entry is a concise, factual description of an event together with relevant background information and identification of the locale and the major participants. As the author puts it, `this is a chronology of conflict rather than of war.' His intent is `that it should be used as a research tool.' Fortunately, it does contain a detailed index as well as a glossary of abbreviations. InfantryAn historical chronology of some of the grimmest events of the past two decades, this encyclopedic account of conflict and conflict resolution profiles human violence, struggle, heroism, and suffering. It covers warfare of all kinds, state violence against civilians, civil uprisings, race riots, massacres, and terrorism, as well as efforts to end conflicts and reach peaceful solutions to many of the most tragic and intractable problems of our time. Based on a variety of authoritative sources, including military and government documents and publications, this work contains more than 10,500 entries arranged chronologically by year, month, and day. Each entry presents a concise, factual description of the event together with relevant background information and identification of the locale and the major participants.Appropriate for library reference collections, A Chronology of Conflict and Resolution will be used by scholars, students, and general readers with an interest in warfare, international terrorism, military history, politics, race relations, human rights, conflict resolution, and related subjects.

Rather than mark the end of conflict, the end of World War II began a half century of ideological, political, military, economic struggles, and many with century-old antecedents. This work brings together in encyclopedic format most of the major events of the last half century that can be classified as conflict. While war is the ultimate conflict, the volume includes assassinations, coups, insurgency, terrorism, massacres, and genocide. It provides detailed information on the people, places and events that have produced conflict and its resolution since 1945.Many entries trace the antecedents of events back through history to illustrate continuity and change. The troubled Middle East and Africa, for instance, are seen today as the result of tensions that have developed over decades, of colonialism, exploitation, and ethno-religious antagonism. The reader will be able to understand the backgrounds of the individual players and gain a better understanding of why conflicts occur and how they can be resolved.