May 2007 UTC Yes but the circumstances here are different at the end of the American War of Independence there was still the original state around to legally challenge the American independence the British Empire With regards to the war in Croatia the overall state SFR Yugoslavia essentially disappeared by December 1991 There was nowhere to roll back Croatia into The reminder of the war in Croatia after 1991 was essentially Croatia vs Serbs in Croatia who wanted to create their own state and break out of Croatia thus reversing the tables There were two wars in one in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 two distinguishable phases Croatian War of Independence is fine for the 1991 war with the Yugoslav federal forces but the rest of the conflict was something else 22 22 17