The Capitalist Peace: Why a Capitalist World Means a World At Peace

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44. Now let's try some facts:

Maybe we can look at the dates and figure out when we're NOT at war because that sure would take less time.

Source: WIKI

2.1 Colonial wars (1620–1774)
2.2 War of Independence (1775–1783)
2.3 Early national period (1783–1812)
2.3.1 Barbary wars
2.4 War of 1812
2.5 War with Mexico (1846–48)
2.6 American Civil War (1861–1865)
2.7 Post-Civil War era (1865–1917)
2.7.1 Indian Wars (1865–1870)
2.7.2 Spanish-American War (1898)
2.7.3 Philippine-American War (1899–1902)
2.8 Modernization
2.9 Banana Wars (1898–1935)
2.10 Moro Rebellion (1899–1913)
2.11 Mexico (1910–1919)
2.12 World War I (1917–1918)
2.12.1 Russian Revolution
2.13 1920s: Naval disarmament
2.14 1930s: Neutrality Acts
2.15 World War II (1939–1945)
2.16 Cold War era (1945–1991)
2.16.1 Postwar Military Reorganization (1947)
2.16.2 Korean War (1950–1953)
2.16.3 Lebanon crisis of 1958
2.16.4 Dominican Intervention
2.16.5 Vietnam War (1955–1975)
2.16.6 Tehran hostage rescue
2.16.7 Grenada
2.16.8 Beirut
2.16.9 Libya
2.16.10 Panama
2.17 Post–Cold War era (1991–2001)
2.17.1 Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)
2.17.2 Somalia
2.17.3 Haiti
2.17.4 Yugoslavia
2.18 War on Terrorism (2001–present)
2.18.1 Afghanistan
2.18.2 Philippines
2.19 Iraq
2.20 Libyan intervention

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States