Curtis Jerry Smothers - Freelance Blogger/Tutor

Here's a timeline of the background, events and causes which led to the American Revolutionary War.

Here's a short piece on the only eponymous war in American History. It answers the question, "When was the war of 1812?"

Here's an article I published on Helium.com. It briefly covers the background, causes and conditions in our country's history that resulted in the Civil War.

Short answer: They ran out of men, money and material. It wasn't through lack of trying or fighting spirit, though.

No, these guys weren't from upstate New York, and they didn't kill lots of buffalo, either. Read about how Black American Soldiers distinguished themselves in the Old West and later in the Spanish-American War, and guess how "Black Jack" Pershing got his name.

This war practically started itself. Read about why our ancestors would rather send millions of young men to throw themselves at machine guns than to try to live together in peace. (About the only good thing to come out of this crappy war was a ban against chemical weapons.)

Yes, World War II was really World War I on steroids. World leaders had an opportunity to assure a lasting peace and prevent another bloodbath. They chose tyranny and cowardice instead.

World War II was simply World War I plus a short intermission. By the time the Japanese fleet pulled off the surprise air raid of the century, Europe and the rest of the world were already aflame. (This article still has my pen name Jerry Curtis as its by-line.)

OK, so the allies defeated Germany and Japan. The forces of fascism were vanquished, and an era of world peace and prosperity were about to begin. *Klaxon sounds* Nope, a new brand of conflict known as the Cold War began. It lasted from from 1945 until the Berlin Wall fell in 1990.