Why was there no world war 3?
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Africa, Sub-Saharan
Angola: War of National Liberation, 1961-1974
Angola: Struggle over Cabinda, 1960-
Angola: First War with UNITA, 1975-1992
Angola: Second War with UNITA, 1992-2002
Burkina Faso: Coups, 1966-1987
Burundi: Ethnic Strife Since 1962
Central African Republic: Coups Since 1966
Chad: Civil Wars, 1960s-1990s
Chad: War with Libya, 1986-1987
Comoros: Coups, 1980s
Congo, Democratic Republic of: Post-Independence Wars, 1960-1965
Congo, Democratic Republic of: Kabila Uprising, 1996-1997
Congo, Democratic Republic of: Invasions and Internal Strife, 1998
Congo, Republic of: Civil Conflict, 1997
Djibouti: Civil Conflict, 1991-2000
Eritrea: War for Independence, 1958-1991
Eritrea: Border War with Ethiopia, 1998-2000
Ethiopia: Revolution, 1974-1978
Ethiopia: War with Somalia, 1977-1978
Ethiopia: Civil War, 1978-1991
Ghana: Rawlings Coups, 1979-1981
Guinea-Bissau: War of National Liberation, 1962-1974
Guinea-Bissau: Civil War, 1998-2000
Ivory Coast: Civil Disorder Since 1999
Kenya: Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-1956
Liberia: Doe Coup, 1980
Liberia: Civil War, 1989-1997
Liberia: Anti-Taylor Uprising, 1998-2003
Madagascar: Independence Movement and Coups, 1947-2002
Mali: Ethnic and Political Conflict, 1968-1996
Mauritania: Coups Since 1978
Mozambique: War of National Liberation, 1961-1974
Mozambique: Renamo War, 1976-1992
Namibia: War of National Liberation, 1966-1990
Niger: Ethnic and Political Conflict Since 1990
Nigeria: Biafra War, 1967-1970
Nigeria: Coups and Ethnic Unrest Since 1966
Rwanda: Civil War and Genocide Since 1991
Sierra Leone: Civil Conflict, 1990-Present
Somalia: Civil War Since 1991
South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Struggle, 1948-1994
Sudan: Civil War in South, 1955-1972; 1983-2005
Sudan: Conflict in Darfur Since 2002
Togo: Coups and Political Unrest, 1963-1990s
Uganda: Anti-Amin Struggle, 1971-1979
Uganda: Civil Conflict Since 1980
Western Sahara: Polisario-Moroccan War, 1975-1991
Zimbabwe: Struggle for Majority Rule, 1965-1980
Zimbabwe: Anti-Mugabe Struggle
Americas
Argentina: Dirty War, 1960s-1970s
Argentina: Falklands/Malvinas War, 1982
Bolivia: Revolution, 1952
Brazil: General's Coup, 1964
Canada: Quebec Separatist Movement, 1960-1987
Chile: Coup Against Allende, 1973
Colombia: Internal Insurgencies, 1970s-1990s
Cuba: Communist Revolution, 1956-1959
Cuba: Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961
Cuba: Missile Crisis, 1962
Dominican Republic: Coup and U.S. Invasion, 1965
Ecuador: Border Dispute with Peru, 1947
El Salvador: Soccer War with Honduras, 1969
El Salvador: Civil Wars, 1970s-1980s
Grenada: U.S. Invasion, 1983
Guatemala: Coup Against Arbenz, 1954
Guatemala: Civil War, 1970s-1990s
Guyana: Ethnic Conflict, 1960-1992
Haiti: Civil Conflict, 1990s
Mexico: Zapatista Uprising Since 1994
Nicaragua: Revolution, 1970s
Nicaragua: Contra War, 1980s
Panama: Torrijos Coup, 1969
Panama: U.S. Invasion, 1989
Peru: Shining Path Rebellion, 1970s-1997
Puerto Rico: Anti-U.S. Terrorism, 1934-1954
United States: War on Terrorism, 1990s-
Uruguay: Tupumaro Uprising, 1967-1985
Venezuela: Anti-Chávez Movement Since 1999
Asia, East and Southeast
Cambodia: Civil Wars, 1968-1998
Cambodia: U.S. Interventions, 1969-1973
Cambodia: Vietnamese Invasion, 1978-1979
China: Chinese Civil War, 1927-1949
China: Invasion of Tibet, 1950-1959
China: Quemoy and Matsu, 1954-1958
China: Border War with India, 1962
China: Border Clash with Soviet Union, 1969
China: War with Vietnam, 1979
China: Tiananmen Violence, 1989
East Timor: Independence Struggle, 1974-2002
Indonesia: Wars of Independence, 1945-1949
Indonesia: Communist and Suharto Coups, 1965-1966
Indonesia: Aceh Separatist Conflict Since 1976
Korea, North: Seizure of the Pueblo, 1968
Korea, North: Nuclear Standoff Since the 1990s
Korea, South: Invasion by the North, 1950-1953
Laos: Pathet Lao War, 1960s-1970s
Malaysia: Communist Uprising, 1948-1960
Myanmar (Burma): Civil Wars and Coups Since 1945
Philippines: Huk Rebellion, 1948-1953
Philippines: Moro Uprising, 1970s-1980s
Philippines: War on Islamic Militants Since 1990
Thailand: Muslim Rebellion, 2004-
Vietnam: First Indochina War, 1946-1954
Vietnam: Second Indochina War, 1959-1975
Asia, South
Afghanistan: Soviet Invasion, 1979-1989
Afghanistan: Civil War, 1989
Afghanistan: U.S. Invasion, 2001-
India: Partition Violence, 1947
India: Jammu and Kashmir Violence Since 1947
India: Invasion of Goa, 1961
India: War with Pakistan, 1965
India: War with Pakistan and Bangladeshi Independence, 1971
India: Sikh Uprising Since 1973
India: Ethnic and Separatist Violence in Assam Since 1979
India: Nuclear Standoff with Pakistan Since 1998
Nepal: Maoist Insurgency
Sri Lanka: Tamil Uprising Since the Late 1970s
Europe and Former Soviet Union
Albania: Civil Conflict, 1990s
Armenia: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1990s
Bosnia: Civil War, 1992-1995
Croatia: War with Serbia, 1991-1995
Cyprus: Communal Conflict Since 1955
Czechoslovakia: Coup, 1948
Czechoslovakia: Soviet Invasion, 1968
Georgia: Civil War, 1990s
Germany: The Berlin Crises, 1948-1949 and 1958-1962
Germany: East German Uprising, 1953
Greece: Civil War, 1944-1949
Hungary: Soviet Invasion, 1956
Ireland: The Troubles Since 1968
Italy: Anti-Mafia Campaign Since 1980
Macedonia: Ethnic Conflict, 1990s
Poland: Imposition of Martial Law, 1981-1983
Romania: Fall of Ceausescu, 1989
Russia: Chechen Uprising Since 1994
Serbia: Kosovo Secessionist Movement, 1990s
Soviet Union: Conflict with Iran over Azerbaijan, 1945-1946
Soviet Union: Conflict with Turkey, 1945-1953
Soviet Union: Downing of Korean Airliner, 1983
Spain: Basque Uprising Since 1959
Tajikistan: Civil War, 1990s
Turkey: Kurdish War Since 1984
Uzbekistan: Conflict with Islamists Since 1999
Middle East and North Africa
Algeria: War of National Liberation, 1954-1962
Algeria: The Fundamentalist Struggle Since 1992
Egypt: Nasser Coup and Its Legacy, 1952-1970
Egypt: Sinai War, 1956
Egypt: War of Attrition, 1967-1970
Iran: Coup Against Mossadegh, 1953
Iran: Islamic Revolution, 1979
Iran: War with Iraq, 1980-1988
Iraq: Revolution and Coups, 1958-1968
Iraq: Kurdish Wars Since 1961
Iraq: Gulf War, 1990-1991
Iraq: U.S. Invasion, 2003-
Israel: War of Independence, 1948-1949
Israel: Palestinian Struggle Since 1948
Israel: Six-Day War, 1967
Israel: Yom Kippur War, 1973
Israel: Attack on Iraqi Nuclear Reactor, 1981
Jordan: Civil War, 1970
Lebanon: Civil Conflict, 1958
Lebanon: Civil War, 1975-1990
Libya: Qaddafi Coup, 1969
Libya: U.S. Air Attacks, 1986
Palestine: First Intifada, 1987-1992
Palestine: Second Intifada Since 2000
Yemen: Civil War, 1960s-1980s
Oceania
Fiji: Ethnic Conflict and Coups Since 1987
Indonesia: Irian Jaya Separatist Conflict Since 1964
New Caledonia (France): Independence Struggle Since the 1970s
Papua New Guinea: Bougainville Independence Struggle Since 1988
Solomon Islands: Separatist and Ethnic Conflict, 1999-2003