(UK, obsolete) The American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence.
The Last Samurai (2003) 2hr 34m [15] [Streaming Again] An American war veteran hired to teach modern military tactics in 1870s Japan becomes caught up in the conflict between the emperor and the samurai. #NowStrea…
Why does every American war so quickly turn into a sunk cost fallacy?
(UK, obsolete) The American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence.
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(US, historical) The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) of the contiguous southern Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire on the east coast of the North American mainland.
(historical) A citizen or inhabitant of British America.
(historical, US) A war, considered the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War outside of the United States, which involved France, Great Britain and their respective Indigenous/Native American allies, which occured between 1754 and 1763, and led to the conquest of New France and its cession to Britain and Spain.
(pejorative, slang, offensive) The United States of America, .
Indeed. I'm sure there's a Department who is memory-holing every American war, and police action, EVER, as we speak. The Wedding of 1812. The Spanish-American Fiesta. The Civil Cookout... 😭😭
(military, history) In English language usage, any of several wars involving the United States of America, in non-U.S. local contexts.
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“Why does every American war so quickly turn into a sunk cost fallacy?”
“Indeed. I'm sure there's a Department who is memory-holing every American war, and police action, EVER, as we speak. The Wedding of 1812. The Spanish-American Fiesta. The Civil Cookout... 😭😭”
“California and the Western US have relied on immigrant farm labor since, well, the US won the Mexican-American War, which ended in 1848.”
“The fact that a 2000 person Mexican force defeated a 6000 person French force at Puebla is important, but it's not the equivalent of Gettysburg in the US Civil War. The US did not like foreign involvement in Mexico, especially after the Mexican-American war ended in 1848.”
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