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25,282. The continuum is burning. The Q are in the middle of a civil war. (Star Trek & Civil War) Star Trek: Voyager s3e11: The Q & the Grey, Q
67,237. How is it possible to have a civil war? George Carlin
67,238. We are in a civil war. Waged on one side nationalists, socialists, communists, neutralist forces, grouped in the national liberation front. And on the other side there are the military men, the politicians, the landowners, the racketeers and all the forces of property and privilege. Ralph Miliband
67,239. I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ. Montesquieu, The Persian Letters
74,810. The Dam was now a hostage in the vicious confrontations of the Cold War. A year before, the Congo had been torn apart by a brutal civil war. America and the Soviet Union backed opposite sides. The policy of the new Kennedy administration was to fight the spread of communism in Africa. In 1960 Brezhnev, the President of the Soviet Union, had visited Ghana. It frightened America’s leaders. They were determined that Nkrumah, despite his brand of African socialism, would be their man. Nkrumah though wanted to keep Ghana and Africa out of the Cold War. (Ghana & Civil War & Dam & Cold War & Congo & Ghana & Science & Technology) Adam Curtis, Pandora’s Box, BBC 1992
95,534. Civil war devastated the east until 1970, when Biafra – broken, battered and famished – surrendered. (Nigeria & Civil War) Misha Glenny, McMafia
59,545. As the first century passed its mid-point, civil war would be unleashed and despotism would once more stalk the capital city. (Romans & Roman Empire & Civil War) Empires: The Roman Empire in the First Century IV: The Years of Eruption, PBS 2001
112,923. The day that Octavian made his devastating final move on Mark Antony as the two of them struggled for mastery of a superpower: Octavian’s final victory would see him hailed as Augustus, the name by which he would rule Rome as her first emperor. (Romans & Civil War) Bettany Hughes, Eight Days that Made Rome IV, History 2017
112,924. Rome was being dragged into a destructive civil war. (Romans & Civil War) ibid.
112,925. Octavian and Antony now had the cash to recruit a serious fighting force and wipe out the last of their enemies. (Romans & Civil War) ibid.
112,926. Octavian knew this was his chance to become sole ruler. He made sure that Antony was stripped of his political titles, and then pushed for all out war in Egypt and Queen Cleopatra. (Romans & Civil War) ibid.
119,646. There were so many millions of opinions that our country slid into the second civil war. (Science Fiction & Civil War) Fahrenheit 451 2018 starring Michael B Jordan & Michael Shannon & Sofia Boutella & Khandi Singh & Martin Donovan & Andy McQueen & Dylan Taylor & Grace Lynn Kung & Keir Dullea et al, director Ramin Bahrani, Captain Beatty
75,963. 3,000 years ago the world was being churned and pulled apart in the first great age of empire. This was a time of vicious civil wars. (History & Empire & Civil War) Andrew Marr’s History of the World II, BBC 2012
31,782. The Act of Union had given Catholics economic power but their political destiny remained in the hands of London. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) Fergal Keane, The Story of Ireland: Age of Nations 5/5, BBC 2011
31,783. Fears grew that Britain would introduce conscription in Ireland. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,784. [Patrick] Pearse stepped outside and read from a proclamation signed by himself and the six other leaders: he declared an Irish republic. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,785. Public anger deepened following mass arrests and the imposition of martial law. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,786. The volunteers evolved into the Irish Republican Army. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,787. Collins would find himself directing a guerrilla war. The IRA campaign which began in 1919 was met with fierce reprisals against civilians by security forces like the Black & Tans. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,788. In October 1921 a Sinn Fein delegation led by Michael Collins arrived in London to discuss a political settlement. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,789. The slide to civil war had begun. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,790. Michael Collins was assassinated in County Cork. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,791. In the Protestant-ruled six counties of Ulster electoral boundaries had been drawn to ensure majorities for unionists in most areas. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,792. A place of discrimination and exclusion. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,793. Physical and sexual abuse on a large scale was part of the secret history of the new state. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,794. Ireland remained neutral ... Germans bailing out over the South were interned. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War & Internment) ibid.
31,795. Television challenged the voice of both priest and politician. Women joined the workforce in growing numbers and challenged discriminatory laws. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,796. Republican and loyalist paramilitaries, policemen and soldiers, fought over the old ground. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,797. Bloody Sunday: January 30th 1972. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,798. Hunger strikes begin in the Maze Prison October 27th 1980. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War & Prison) ibid.
31,799. Inequality between rich and poor was still amongst the worst of western Europe. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War & Inequality) ibid.
31,800. The full scale of clerical child abuse was revealed. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,801. In 2008 a financial catastrophe unleashed public anger. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.
31,802. IRA disarmament September 26th 2005. (Ireland & Northern Ireland & British Empire & IRA & Abuse & Civil War) ibid.