| Our class studies six
20th century wars in depth. Those wars are the Boer War
(1899-1902), the Great War (1914-1918), the Russian Civil War
(1918-1922), the Second World War (1939-1945), the Korean War
(1950-1953) and the Viet Nam War (1964-1975). These five wars
allow us to study wars in Africa, the Pacific, Europe, North
Asia and Southeast Asia. In addition, it allow us to cover
civil wars as well as international wars as well as limited and
total wars. The table below is a quick reference to the
six wars.
|
War |
Conventional or Guerilla
|
Limited or Total War |
Region of War |
|
Boer War |
Both |
Limited |
Africa |
| Russian
Civil War |
Conventional |
Total |
Europe |
| WWI |
Conventional |
Total |
Europe |
| WWII |
Conventional |
Total |
Europe, Pacific, Africa, Asia |
| Korea |
Conventional |
Limited |
Asia |
| Viet Nam |
Both |
Limited |
Asia |
|
