List of War Participants by Gleditsch.

List of War Participants by Gleditsch, extended until 2004. Described fully in Gleditsch, Kristian. 2004. "A Revised List of Wars Between and Within Independent States, 1816-2002." International Interactions 30 (3): 231-62. http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/expwar.html.

all_war_participants_yearly

Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 3055 rows and 21 columns.

Variable descriptions

warid
War ID. Character with 605 distinct values. Most common: ECW2.1-2480 (73), EIW2.1-535-IW-139 (108), EIW2.1-600-IW-163 (69). NAs = 0.

GWn
Gleditsch-Ward numeric country code. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Numeric. Max = 920, min = 2, distinct = 141, mean = 437.239, sd = 259.251, NAs = 0.

sdate
Start date of the war. Date. Max = 2009-01-28, min = 1816-08-26, distinct = 760, NAs = 0.

edate
End date of the war. Date. Max = 2010-12-31, min = 1816-08-30, distinct = 686, NAs = 0.

year
Year. Numeric. Max = 2010, min = 1816, distinct = 195, mean = 1930.42, sd = 57.523, NAs = 0.

warname
Name of the war. Character with 604 distinct values. Most common: Iraqi Resistance (73), Vietnam War, Phase 2 (69), World War II (108). NAs = 0.

GWc
Gleditsch-Ward alphabetic country code. See Gleditsch and Ward (1999). Character with 141 distinct values. Most common: CHN (191), FRN (179), UKG (205). NAs = 0.

newcow
newcow Character with 602 distinct values. Most common: ES-482 (73), IW-139 (108), IW-163 (69). NAs = 12.

cow94
cow94 Character with 330 distinct values. Most common: IW-106 (61), IW-139 (108), IW-163 (69). NAs = 1009.

cow00
cow00 Character with 371 distinct values. Most common: IS-106 (61), IS-139 (108), IS-163 (69). NAs = 809.

oldwid
Old war ID. Numeric. Max = 5400, min = 105, distinct = 387, mean = 1664.508, sd = 1479.417, NAs = 717.

deaths
Estimated number of deaths. Numeric. Max = 7500000, min = 0, distinct = 346, mean = 104040.798, sd = 456824.181, NAs = 404.

intnl
Whether the war is internationalized (applies only to "intrstate" or "civil" wars). 0 = no, 1 = yes. Numeric. Max = 1, min = 0, distinct = 3, mean = 0.421, sd = 0.494, NAs = 1636.

outcome
Outcome of war: 1 = on winning side, 2 = on losing side, 3 = compromise/tie, 4 = war transformed into another type, 5 = ongoing at end of period, 6 = stalemate, 7 = conflict continues below war level, 8 = party changed sides. Numeric. Max = 8, min = 1, distinct = 9, mean = 2.319, sd = 1.692, NAs = 1.

outcome_chr
Character version of outcome. Character with 9 distinct values. Most common: 1 = on winning side (1394), 2 = on losing side (726), 3 = compromise/tie (270). NAs = 1.

intnl_chr
Character version of intnl. Character with 3 distinct values. Most common: Internationalized (598), Not internationalized (821). NAs = 1636.

country_name
Standardized country name. This is the same across all datasets in this package, so you can always join them by country_name and year. Character with 141 distinct values. Most common: China (191), France (179), United Kingdom (205). NAs = 0.

type
War type: civil (intrastate) or interstate. Character with 2 distinct values. Most common: Civil (2013), Interstate (1042). NAs = 0.

side
Which side of the war was this state on? Numeric. Max = 2, min = 1, distinct = 2, mean = 1.158, sd = 0.365, NAs = 0.

initiate
Did this country initiate the war? 1 = initiated war, 2 = did not initiate war. Numeric. Max = 2, min = 1, distinct = 3, mean = 1.656, sd = 0.475, NAs = 2013.

initiate_chr
Character version of initiate. Character with 3 distinct values. Most common: Did not initiate war (684), Initiated war (358). NAs = 2013.

References

Gleditsch, Kristian S. & Michael D. Ward. 1999. "Interstate System Membership: A Revised List of the Independent States since 1816." International Interactions 25: 393-413. The list can be found at http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/statelist.html

Gleditsch, Kristian. 2004. "A Revised List of Wars Between and Within Independent States, 1816-2002." International Interactions 30 (3): 231-62. http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/expwar.html.