[Sca-cooks] Civil War (was Japanese (was: What did they..))

[Mike Newton]

It is called the English Civil War because it was English vs. English.
Unlike the Scots vs. English or English vs. Welsh or Irish wars.  The United
States of America has fought two Civil Wars, one was the Revolution.
They are Called Civil wars from Civic and the Latin word it was spawned
from, meaning a war between rival governments in the same land.
Thorbjorn
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From: "Jane Williams" <jane at williams.nildram.co.uk>
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Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Civil War (was Japanese (was: What did they..))


> Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote :
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> > ...English Civil War (why does a country whose history
> > includes so many Civil Wars have only one they call that?)
>
> You know, that's a good question, and not one I remember being answered in
school history lessons.
>
> It's the only one I know of where there was only one person who *anyone*
thought was the rightful king. Could that be something to do with it?
>
> (Why is any war called "civil", anyway? They're usually most un-civil:
positively rude, in fact.)
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