Table of Contents:
  • The internationalization of protracted communal conflicts since 1945 : which groups, where, and how / Ted R. Gurr
  • Internationalization of communal strife : temptations and opportunities of triangulation / I. William Zartman
  • Religion, ideology, and ethnic identity in the Sri Lankan conflict / James T. Johnson
  • State-building in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf Crisis / Eric Davis
  • International influences on the origins and outcomes of internal war : a comparative analysis of the 1958 and 1975-6 Lebanese civil wars / Karen Rasler
  • Diversionary action by authoritarian regimes : Argentina in the Falklands/Malvinas case / Jack S. Levy and Lily I. Vakili
  • Factors related to the contagion and diffusion of international violence / John A. Vasquez
  • Communal strife and the origins of World War I / Manus I. Midlarsky
  • The impact of regime on the diffusion of political conflict / Stuart Hill and Donald Rothchild.
  • Communal strife in Peru : a case of absence of spillover into the international arena / Cynthia McClintock
  • Direct and indirect internationalization : the case of South Africa / Marina Ottaway
  • Gaining entry to mediation in communal strife / Saadia Touval
  • External peace-making initiatives and intra-national conflict / C.R. Mitchell.