As far as I know, World War 1 was mostly confined to Europe and the US entered only in 1917 after the sinking of the Lusitania.
World War 2 really did include many countries, but only the major powers where involved and once again, the US only became involved in 1945 or so, after the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
So what so we need to designate a war as a world war? Can we describe the ongoing hostilities all over the world as the beginnings of another World War, or are they too isolated? Also, can we call the growing tensions between the US and Russia a new Cold War, or are they fundamentally a continuation of the first Cold War?
2007-12-30
06:18:40
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