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Originally Posted by driveway
That's to wildly inflate the notion of what a 'war' is. That definition would likely include things like Reagan's airstrikes against Libya, the Dakota Pipeline standoff, or that Cliven Ranch nonsense as "wars."
The US was at peace from 1898-1917 (19 years) and then again from 1918-1941 (23 years) for 41 years of peace. Add in the years from 1973-1990 and then 1991 to 2001 and you've already got 68 years of peace in the 20th Century pointing to peace being the primary state to which the American public is accustomed.
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I'm not trying to make any strong claims or anything, which is why I said it's just the first thing that came up when googling. I don't claim much detailed knowledge of U.S. history. Here is a list of conflicts provided by someone else though. I had never heard of the Banana Wars, for example, but according to Wikipedia, they apparently did involve U.S. marines and military.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/america...e-1776/5565946