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Table 4.18

Territorial Expansion of Polar Powers at the End of Wars by
Periods, 1816–2016

Type of
Polarity

Number

of Wars

The Territorial Result at the End of the War

Territorial

Expansion

Territorial

Contraction

Territorial

Status Quo

Bipolarity,
1816–1848

1 0 0 1

Multipolarity,
1849–1870

5 13 6 0

Bipolarity,
1871–1909

0 0 0 0

Multipolarity,
1910–1945

13 23 32 6

Bipolarity,
1946–1991

4 0 0 4

Unipolarity,
1992–2016

2 2 0 0

Table 4.19

Territorial Expansion of Polar Powers at the End of Wars by
Polarity, 1816–2016

Type of Polarity Number
of Wars

The Territorial Result at the End of the War

Territorial

Expansion

Territorial

Contraction

Territorial

Status Quo

Bipolarity,
1816–1848,
1871–1909,
1946–1991

5 0 0 5

Multipolarity,
1849–1870,
1910–1945

18 36 38 6

Unipolarity,
1992–2016

2 2 0 0