Comments on: How Can a War Be “Civil”?

By: d estel

d estel — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:11:00 +0000

civil war is a term used to refer a lot many other wars across the world, not just the American war (not being American, i was completely unaware of this origin).
Can you put some light on that usage?

By: Cassie Tuttle

Cassie Tuttle — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:54:09 +0000

Randy,

Especially brutal, perhaps, because civil wars, by definition, involve attacks upon and the killing of one’s fellow countrymen.

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:12:45 +0000

It has been observed that “civil” wars are frequently the most brutal…

By: nutmeg

nutmeg — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:21:33 +0000

I’m really not sure about why they named it the civil war. Its probably because they extended the war in the 1800’s

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:28:59 +0000

Although the Confederate States were on the wrong side of history and I think Lincoln was right about most everything

I don’t know about that. The Confederacy were obviously on the wrong side of one issue (slavery, i.e.), but that wasn’t what the war was about anyway…as possibly with WWI, the wrong side won. And Lincoln was wrong on just about everything (read Thomas Woods’s book, The Real Lincoln).

Cassie Tuttle: and also, of course, entirely different meanings for non-Americans, whose Civil Wars are not the American one.