Civil war (disambiguation)

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Civil war may refer to:

• A civil war, a conflict within a given society or nation state.

• A particular civil war (see list of civil wars for a comprehensive list):
  • American Civil War (1861–1865); "The Civil War" in U.S. usage ordinarily means this war (see Naming the American Civil War)
  • Afghan Civil War (1978– )
  • English Civil War (1642–1651)
  • Chinese Civil War (1927–1950, declared over in 1991)
  • Finnish Civil War (1918)
  • Iraqi Civil War (1974– )
  • Irish Civil War (1922–23)
  • Pakistan Civil War (1971)
  • Russian Civil War (1918–1922)
  • Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1644–1650)
  • Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2000)
  • Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

Civil war may also refer to a "war-like" competition:

• Civil War (college rivalry) and Civil War (college football game), competitions between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.
• Civil War (game), claimed to be a distinct variation of the drinking game Beer Pong.

Civil War(s) is also a title used for various published works, recordings, etc.:

• Bellum civile (The Civil War), used for
  • The Commentarii de Bello Civili (Caesar's Commentaries on the Civil War) [1].
  • Another title for Pharsalia, a poem by Lucan.
• The Civil War (documentary), a 1990 film about the American Civil War by Ken Burns.
• "Civil War" (story), a short story by Liam O'Flaherty.
• "Civil War" (song), by Guns N' Roses.
• The Civil War (musical), opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 22, 1999.
• Civil Wars (TV series), a television legal drama that aired on ABC in the U.S. from 1991–1993.
• Civil War (comic book), Marvel Comics' crossover event of 2006-2007.
• the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down, a multimedia work created by Robert Wilson.