escalation of war
1War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — War in Afghanistan Part of the Afghan civil war and the War on Terror …
2Escalation — is the phenomenon of something getting more intense step by step, for example a quarrel, or, notably, a war between states possessing weapons of mass destruction. Compare to escalator, a device that lifts something to a higher level. While the… …
3Escalation of commitment — was first described by Barry M. Staw in his 1976 paper, Knee deep in the big muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action .[1] More recently the term sunk cost fallacy has been used to describe the phenomenon where people… …
4War of the Confederation — Date 1836–1839 Location Present day Bolivia and Peru Result United Restorative Army victory, dissolution of the confederation. Argentina fails to conquer Tarija …
5War of Transnistria — Map of conflict region Date 2 March 1992 21 July 1992 (142 days) Location …
6escalation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dramatic, major, serious ▪ rapid ▪ gradual ▪ further ▪ military …
7war — war1 /wawr/, n., v., warred, warring, adj. n. 1. a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. 2. a state or period of armed hostility or active military… …
8War of Attrition — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War of Attrition partof=the Arab Israeli conflict caption=The Israeli Egyptian war of Attrition was centered largely on the Suez Canal date=June 1968 ndash; August 7, 1970 (ceasefire) place=Sinai Peninsula… …
9Finnish Civil War — Tampere s civilian buildings destroyed in the civil war. Date …
10Vietnam War — a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam. [1960 65] * * * (1955–75) Protracted effort… …
