I t is our goal with this problem to figure out if there were any patterns to the major wars the United States fought in the 20th century. These wars are defined as the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam. We are seeking here not to give total definition to the war but using the cognitive device of analogies to see how the wars were similar and dissimilar. Thinking in analogie s is a sophisticated and certainly one of the higher order ways of thinking. T he categories below are not totally inclusive but a means to get us going.
Dates can be official or perhaps unofficial.
Casualties can be combatants or civilians or both. Results might be political, geographical, psychological or all of these plus. The similarities and dissimilarities are important categories for our analyses. L et's think of an efficient way of researching the wars so we are not overwhelming ourselves with research. The links above are only one means of doing this.