# What was the most civil civil war? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420 "2013-09-22T05:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/1 "2013-09-22T05:59:48Z")
Exactly what the title says. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/2 "2013-09-22T06:16:32Z")
Czechoslovakia split up in what was known as the Velvet Divorce. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/3 "2013-09-22T07:28:34Z")
The Glorious Revolution, where William of Orange usurped the throne of James II without much of a fight. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/4 "2013-09-22T08:17:12Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > The Glorious Revolution, where William of Orange usurped the throne of James II without much of a fight. Actually, they acted in a gentlemanly fashion by taking the fight outside, namely to Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/5 "2013-09-22T09:14:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Czechoslovakia split up in what was known as the Velvet Divorce. But the Velvet Divorce was notable for it’s lack of war, thus making it ineligible. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/6 "2013-09-22T16:21:42Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > But the Velvet Divorce was notable for it’s lack of war, thus making it ineligible. I figure a lack of war, by definition, is more civil than a war. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/7 "2013-09-22T17:01:40Z")
Apparently political scientists define a civil war as an intrastate conflict with at least 1000 deaths per year and at least 100 of them on each side. The [correlates of war](http://correlatesofwar.org/) data set for intrastate conflict shows… lets see… the Fifth Chad Civil War (2005-2006) had about 1000 casualties on one side and 100 on the other and so had close to the lowest number of deaths possible while still being called a civil war. So technically speaking, there you are. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-civil-civil-war/669420/8 "2013-09-22T17:47:35Z")
Slovenia managed to get out of Yugoslavia while the rest of the country was busy slaughtering each other. There were only 63 KIA in it’s 10 day war of independence [Ten-Day War - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Day_War).