American Wars

Should the casuality table below shape or influence, at least a little bit,
the curriculum we teach for all ages in all classes?

If so,
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If not,
Why?
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Why not?
How?

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How could you keep it out?

 

Name
Dates
Duration
  
Casualities
Revolutionary War
1775 – 1783
8 years
  

4,435
War of 1812
1812 – 1815
3 years
  
2,260

Mexican-American War
1846 – 1848
2 years
  
1,733
Civil War
1861 – 1865
4 years
  
184,594
Spanish-American War
1893
6 weeks
 
385
World War I
1917 – 1918
2 years
  
53,513
World War II
1941 – 1945
4 years
  
292,131
Korean War
1950 – 1953
3 years
  
33,651
Vietnam War
1964 – 1972
8 years
  
47,369
Gulf War
1990 -- 1991
1 month
 
148

 

Iraq Invasion/ Occupation:

Dates Casualties Injuries Iraqiis

March 3, 2003-

 

8 years so far*

US Casualties

4405*

Counting the number of soldiers wounded is very difficult because the criteria for what counts as injured is not clear. Should we count flesh wounds that completely heal after several months rest? Self-inflected injuries? What about injuries that are never officially reported. What about psychological problems, some of which don't appear until months after returning home?

Est. Iraqi Casualties:

1,000,000*

Notice that so far this war has lasted longer than the Civil War and longer than WWII

 

No. Filing Disability Claims:

152, 669

 

  

Now, 6/7/10, this war is longer than even the Vietnam war.

      

*as of June 11, 2010

Source: Casualties in Iraq: The Human Cost of Occupation

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Last revised: June 11, 2010