American Wars (and Significant Military Operations) Rich Erlich, Various Courses (with David Gibson, English 210, Fall 1988)
| War (Military Action) | (Approximate) Dates |
|---|---|
| French and Indian Wars | 1689-1763 |
| King William's War | 1689-1697 |
| Queen Anne's War | 1702-1713 |
| King George's War | 1744-1748 |
| French and Indian Wars proper | 1754-1763 |
| Revolutionary War/War for US Independence: | 1774-1776, 1776-1783 |
| Indian Wars: Northwest Territory, etc. | 1790-1811 |
| War of 1812 | 1812-1815 |
| Indian Wars: Louisiana Purchase, etc. | 1820-1840 |
| Mexican-American War | 1846-1848 |
| CIVIL WAR/WAR OF THE REBELLION | 1860-1864 |
| Indian Wars: "Wild West" | 1862-1890 |
| Spanish-American War | Feb.-June 1898 |
| Philippine Insurrection | 1898-1902 |
| Invasions of Mexico and Central America: | 1898-1934 |
| Boxer Rebellion | 1900 |
| WORLD WAR I | (US neutral: 1914)-1916-1918 |
| Invasion of Russia/USSR | 1918 |
| WORLD WAR II and preliminaries | 1936(sic)-1945 ! |
| Korean Conflict ("Police Action") | 1950-1953 |
| Invasion of Lebanon | 1958 |
| First Vietnamese War For Independence: | 1946-1954 @ |
| Second Vietnamese War for Independence: | 1960-1974 # |
| El Salvador | early 1980s to date $ |
| Troops to Lebanon briefly | 1981? % |
| Grenada Invasion | 1982 |
| Nicaragua | 1981-1989 $ |
| Panama Invasion | 1989 [1990?]-date |
| Iraq Conflict | August 1990-1 March 1991. |