1. We are grateful for the comments and suggestions of Professors Mervyn Frost and Markus Kornprobst. All errors are our own
2. We use the terms conflict and war interchangeably, referring to organised violence involving a minimum annual cost of 1 000 deaths
3. An Agenda for Peace
4. We use the terms colonialism and imperialism interchangeably, referring to a relationship of domination of one set of people over another and where the domination crosses recognised boundaries, nationalities, and/or sovereign territories