The Question: I just moved to Toledo, Ohio, and found out about the war between Ohio and Michigan and want to know where to find more about it. I thought it was bogus, but…
1846-48U.S. troops engaged: 78,718American battle deaths: 1,733The U.S. fought against Mexico over Texas and California.The war was fought in the name of “manifest destiny,” the belief that the…
(Encyclopedia) war crimes, in international law, violations of the laws of war (see war, laws of). Those accused have been tried by their own military and civilian courts, by those of their enemy,…
Attack on Iraq Operation Desert Fox and Operation Northern Watch by Borgna Brunner December 16, 1998, marked the beginning of four days of air strikes launched against Iraq by…
(Encyclopedia) Algerine WarAlgerine Warălˈjərēnˌ [key], early 19th-century conflict between Algiers and the United States. The Tripolitan War (1801–5) had brought a temporary halt to the pirate…
(Encyclopedia) cold war, term used to describe the shifting struggle for power and prestige between the Western powers and the Communist bloc from the end of World War II until 1989. Of worldwide…
(Encyclopedia) Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into…
