About the pagination of this eBook This eBook contains a multi-volume set. To navigate the front matter of this eBook by page number, you will need to use the volume number and the page number, separated by a hyphen. For example, to go to page v of volume 1, type “1-v” in the Go box at the bottom of the screen and click "Go." To go to page v of volume 2, type “2-v”… and so forth. International Conflicts, 1816–2010 International Conflicts, 1816–2010 Militarized Interstate Dispute Narratives Volume I Douglas M. Gibler ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2018 by Douglas M. Gibler All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Is Available ISBN 978-1-4422-7558-4 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-4422-7559-1 (electronic) ∞ ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America This book is dedicated to John A. Vasquez, the most inspiring scholar I have ever known. Contents Volume I Acknowledgments xxix 1 Introduction 1 What Is a Militarized Interstate Dispute? 1 How the Book Is Organized 2 Dyads, Major States, and Regions 2 Each MID Entry 3 2 Western Hemisphere 4 2 United States of America/20 Canada 4 2 United States of America/40 Cuba 5 2 United States of America/41 Haiti 9 2 United States of America/42 Dominican Republic 13 2 United States of America/55 Grenada 15 2 United States of America/70 Mexico 16 2 United States of America/90 Guatemala 26 2 United States of America/91 Honduras 27 2 United States of America/92 El Salvador 27 2 United States of America/93 Nicaragua 27 2 United States of America/95 Panama 30 2 United States of America/100 Colombia 31 2 United States of America/101 Venezuela 33 2 United States of America/130 Ecuador 34 2 United States of America/135 Peru 36 2 United States of America/140 Brazil 39 2 United States of America/155 Chile 40 2 United States of America/200 United Kingdom 40 2 United States of America/220 France 44 2 United States of America/230 Spain 45 2 United States of America/255 Germany 50 2 United States of America/300 Austria-Hungary 51 vii viii Contents 20 Canada/41 Haiti 51 20 Canada/42 Dominican Republic 52 20 Canada/92 El Salvador 52 20 Canada/220 France 52 20 Canada/230 Spain 53 20 Canada/235 Portugal 53 20 Canada/255 Germany 54 20 Canada/325 Italy 54 20 Canada/365 Russia 54 20 Canada/390 Denmark 54 20 Canada/710 China 55 20 Canada/740 Japan 55 40 Cuba/42 Dominican Republic 55 40 Cuba/51 Jamaica 56 40 Cuba/53 Barbados 56 40 Cuba/54 Dominica 56 40 Cuba/56 St. Lucia 56 40 Cuba/57 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56 40 Cuba/58 Antigua & Barbuda 57 40 Cuba/101 Venezuela 57 40 Cuba/220 France 57 40 Cuba/255 Germany 57 40 Cuba/325 Italy 58 40 Cuba/740 Japan 58 41 Haiti/42 Dominican Republic 58 41 Haiti/160 Argentina 62 41 Haiti/200 United Kingdom 62 41 Haiti/210 Netherlands 63 41 Haiti/220 France 63 41 Haiti/255 Germany 63 41 Haiti/310 Hungary 65 41 Haiti/325 Italy 65 41 Haiti/355 Bulgaria 65 41 Haiti/360 Romania 65 41 Haiti/740 Japan 66 42 Dominican Republic/101 Venezuela 66 42 Dominican Republic/200 United Kingdom 66 42 Dominican Republic/220 France 67 42 Dominican Republic/255 Germany 68 42 Dominican Republic/325 Italy 69 42 Dominican Republic/740 Japan 69 51 Jamaica/55 Grenada 69 51 Trinidad and Tobago/101 Venezuela 69 53 Barbados/55 Grenada 71 42 Dominican Republic/55 Grenada 71 55 Grenada/56 St. Lucia 71