Violence Timeline

  • South Africa

    The United States was competing for influence among newly independent states.
  • Civil War of Africa

    Then United Nations launched operation restore hope to provide relief to feminine-stricken Somalia.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (Breakup of Yugoslavia)

    The United States tried to preserve a Yugoslavia as a whole.
  • Armenia/Azerbaijan

    No action was taken
  • Libya and Gaddafi

    The United States leaders responded quickly to international terrorism linked directly to a particular nation including bombings.
  • War in Kosovo

    NATO responded by launching air strikes on Serbia
  • Israeli/Palestinian conflict

    Clinton tried to move the peace process forward.