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US Military Conflicts by Type
“Total Wars”
US survival or way of life at stake:
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American Revolution 1775-1781
Civil War 1861-1865
World War I 1917-1918
17 Years
World War II 1941-1945
“Limited Wars”
Survival not at stake; limits to objective
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War of 1812 1812-1815
Mexican War 1846-1847
Spanish American War 1898
Korean War 1950-1953
Vietnam War 1962-1973
Gulf War 1990-1991
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OEF (Initial Ops) 2001
OIF (Initial Ops) 2003
Years
“Small Wars”
Interventions and Stability Operations:
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Indian Wars 1790-1891
Civil War Reconstruction 1865-1877
Cuban Occupation 1898-1909
Puerto Rican Occupation 1898-1900
Philippine Insurrection 1899-1913
Boxer Rebellion/China Relief Expedition 1900
Nicaragua 1912, 1927-1933
Veracruz expedition 1914
Haiti 1915-1934
Mexican Border Expedition 1916-1917
Dominican Republic 1916-1924
Siberian Expedition 1918-1922
Post-WWII occupation Germany and Japan 1945-1952
Lebanon 1958
Dominican Republic 1965-1966
Sinai MFO 1982-Present
Lebanon 1982-1984
Grenada 1983
Panama 1989-1990
Gulf War Cease-Fire/Provide Comfort 1991-1995
Somalia Operation Restore Hope 1992-1995
Haiti Operation Uphold Democracy 1994-1995
Bosnia Operation Joint Endeavor 1995-2004
Kosovo KFOR 1999-2013
Afghanistan: OEF/OFS (Stability Ops) 2001-present
Iraq: OIF/OND/OIR (Stability Ops) 2003-present
296 Years