proxy war
conflict between two actors in which neither directly engages the other
Vietnam War
armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, from 1955 to 1975
Cold War
1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies
Years of Lead
period of social and political turmoil in Italy
Syrian Civil War
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011