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A Matter of Definition: What Makes a Civil War, and Who Declares It So?

CDDRL In the News: The New York Times on November 25, 2006

"I think that at this time, and for some time now, the level of violence in Iraq meets the definition of civil war that any reasonable person would have," said James Fearon, a political scientist at Stanford. Read more »

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A Matter of Definition: What Makes a Civil War, and Who Declares It So?

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