World War
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A World War is a war that is a global event.
- AKA: Global War.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Civil War.
- See: Great Power, Axis Powers, Country, Continent, Theater (Warfare), Cold War, World War III.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/world_war Retrieved:2014-7-31.
- A world war is a war affecting most of the world's most powerful and populous countries. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theaters.
The term is usually applied to the two conflicts that occurred during the 20th century:
- World War I (1914–1918)
- World War II (1939–1945)
- However, it is also sometimes applied to earlier wars, the Cold War, or to a hypothetical future war.
- A world war is a war affecting most of the world's most powerful and populous countries. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theaters.
- Graham Allison. (2014). “Just How Likely Is Another World War? Assessing the similarities and differences between 1914 and 2014.” In: The Atlantic