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Gulf War
(Encyclopedia)Gulf War: see Persian Gulf War; Iran-Iraq War. ...Marsic War
(Encyclopedia)Marsic War: see Social War.Indochina War
(Encyclopedia)Indochina War: see Vietnam War.Boer War
(Encyclopedia)Boer War: see South African War.Peloponnesian War
(Encyclopedia)Peloponnesian War pĕlˈəpənēˈzhən [key], 431–404 b.c., decisive struggle in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta. It ruined Athens, at least for a time. The rivalry between Athens' maritim...Gulf War syndrome
(Encyclopedia)Gulf War syndrome, popular name for a variety of ailments experienced by veterans after the Persian Gulf War. Symptoms reported include nausea, cramps, rashes, short-term memory loss, fatigue, difficu...World Education Fellowship
(Encyclopedia)World Education Fellowship: see New Education Fellowship. ...Dunmore's War
(Encyclopedia)Dunmore's War: see Dunmore, John Murray, 4th earl of. ...Modoc War
(Encyclopedia)Modoc War, 1872–73, series of battles between the Modoc and the U.S. army fought as a result of the attempt to force a group of the Modoc to return to the Klamath Reservation in S Oregon. Beginning ...Barons' War
(Encyclopedia)Barons' War, in English history, war of 1263–67 between King Henry III and his barons. In 1261, Henry III renounced the Provisions of Oxford (1258) and the Provisions of Westminster (1259), which ha...Browse by Subject
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