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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36522)	8/9/2002 2:41:09 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "By historical standards, we are ten years overdue for a great powers war." Interesting comment. My belief is that history will define the wars according to how much history is included at a time. We, because we are so close to them, see WW1, WW2, and the Cold War as being three different wars, but I think that they will eventually be thought of as a single war lasting 75 years or so. Under that sort of classification (i.e. the view of 20th century history from 1000 years from now), the great power (Western European, anyway) conflicts would work out as follows: 1096-1270 Crusades 1338-1453 Hundred Year's War 1588-1674 Protestant vs Catholic 1789-1815 Nationalism vs Monarchy 1914-1989 Democracy vs Totalitarianism I don't think we're scheduled for another great power war until maybe 2090 to 2110. -- Carl