The Arabs also took to the sea , and from the 650s on , the entire Mediterranean Sea became Becoming a battleground , with raids Attack and counter-raids being launched Military_operation against islands and the coastal settlements .

Pima County and later Cochise County were the primary battleground for most of the resulting Causation quarter-century of warfare Hostile_encounter , which was almost constant in the region until the late 1880s .

The war Hostile_encounter was used Using as a surrogate battleground for the Cold War Hostile_encounter by rival states such as the Soviet Union , Cuba , South Africa and the United States .

They felt Change_sentiment that a battleground victory was impractical or impossible and pursued Cause_to_make_progress a strategy of trying to politically integrate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the insurgents into the mainstream .