From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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>>Africa. Is taking political control of a state via acts of political
>>violence the same as "conquest by force"?
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> Hard to say without knowing the motivation behind why one side gave up.
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OK I'll put it another way were it not for the political violence the group
espousing it would not have gained the power. There might be other reasons
for the power shift in addition, but the reason that group picked up the
goodies of government was their use of & ability to use political
violence.

Adam

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