What are the chief causes of civil wars?

Answer 1

There is no "Chief" cause for any war, however, most civil wars are ideological. One group of people believes that one way to run the country is better than another way and so the two sides, instead of trying to work out a compromise, go to war. It is interesting to note that civil wars rarely accomplish their ideological goals. Witness our own civil war. It was about centralized government versus stgates rights, yet certain states rights were kept until the middle of the next century when it came to equality of citizenry. Wars are based on the incorrect and brutal assumption that by wiping out a group of people you wipe out the idea they stand for. Propaganda does a much better job of this than war, and is usually not as brutal. Nazi's still exist, but their ideas hopefully will never take hold again, Judaism survived the Nazi onslaught and is still a vibrant religion. Civil wars are particularly pernicious because they usually pit idealogues against pragtmatists. The pragmatists win. Every time.

Answer 2

Disagreements

Answer 3

Need to be more specific I think on this. Obviously a group that is opressed or believe's it is may be a cause. Social inequity of one sort or another (such as distribution of wealth).

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Answer 4

Severe ideological differences that are immune to compromise.

In other words: stubborn, power-grubbing people who disagree.

Answer 5

When you lose a middle class, Have's vs Have nots