Konflikty zbrojne 1945–1989. Główne pola starć
Armed Conflicts 1945–1989. Main Battlefields

Summary/Abstract: Wars and conflicts from 1945 until 1989 form a vast, multifaceted group, technically impossible to fit within one conceptual framework. It includes on one hand the titanic effort in China which decided the fate of the Middle Kingdom for decades (and perhaps, in a certain timeframe, even the fate of the whole civilisation) and, on the other hand, the desert-covered Atlantic coast and the battles fought there by the Spanish foreign legions and Moroccan insurgents. This text strives to present the incredible variety of forms, methods and spaces of the so-called “local wars”. Under no circumstances should they be treated in one dimension as a simple corollary of the rivalry between the East and the West. Each of the battles, even if it fitted within the axis of the global rivalry of a superpower, had its own determinants, mechanics and dynamics. Due to editorial limitations, the above essay is only a sketch that is superficial in certain aspects.

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