Civil war (disambiguation)

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A civil war is a conflict within a given society or nation.

Civil war may also refer to:

• A particular civil war:
  • List of civil wars, a comprehensive list of such conflicts.
  • 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–present)
  • English Civil War (1642–1651)
  • El Salvador Civil War (1980-1992)
  • Chinese Civil War (1927–1950, declared over in 1991)
  • Finnish Civil War (1918)
  • Iraqi Civil War (2004–present)
  • Irish Civil War (1922–23)
  • Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)
  • Nepalese Civil War (1996-2006)
  • Pakistani Civil War (1971)
  • Rwandan Civil War (1990-1993)
  • 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)
  • Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–present)
• Bellum civile (Latin for "Civil War"), used for:
  • The Commentarii de Bello Civili (Caesar's Commentaries on the Civil War).
  • Another title for "Pharsalia", a poem by Lucan.

In literature, television and cinema:

• The Civil War (documentary), a 1990 documentary film about the American Civil War by Ken Burns.
• "Civil War" (story), a short story by Liam O'Flaherty.
• 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 in the 1980s by Robert Wilson.
• The Galactic Civil War, a war that is the centerpiece of George Lucas' Star Wars movie serial.

In sports and gaming:

• Civil War (college rivalry) and Civil War (college football game), competitions between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.
• Civil War (game), a 1961 wargame from Avalon Hill.
• The Civil War (computer game), a computer wargame for MS-DOS.
• Civil War: A Nation Divided, a 2006 first-person shooter game for the Xbox 360.

In music:

• The Civil War (album), an album by the electronic band Matmos.
• "Civil War" (song), a song by Guns N' Roses.
• The Civil War (musical), a musical opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 22, 1999.