List of the lengths of American participation in wars

Lengths of U.S. combat forces' participation in wars

War in the context of this list broadly construed to be armed conflict between organized U.S. military forces and organized forces of (a) belligerent(s).

WarDatesDurationDuration (graphical representation)
1. Vietnam War 1955/11– 1975/04[1][2] 19.4 years
(19 years, 5 months)
2. War in Afghanistan 2001/10 present[3] 14.6 years
(14 years, 6 months)
3. Moro Rebellion 1899 – 1913 14 years
4. Northwest Indian War 1785 – 1795 10 years
5. Iraq War 2003/03 – 2011/12[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] 8.8 years
(8 years, 9 months)
6. American Revolutionary War 1775/04 – 1783/09 8.4 years
(8 years, 5 months)
7. Second Seminole War 1835-12 – 1842/08 6.7 years (6 years, 7 months)
8. American Civil War 1861/04 – 1865/04 4 years
9. World War II 1941/12 – 1945/08 3.7 years
(3 years, 8 months)
10. Korean War 1950/06 – 1953/07 3.1 years
(3 years, 1 month)
11. War of 1812 1812/06 – 1814/12 2.5 years
(2 years, 6 months)
12. Mexican-American War 1846/05 – 1848/02 1.8 years
(1 year, 10 months)
13. War on ISIL 2014/06 present 1.9 years
(1 year, 10 months)
14. World War I 1917/04 – 1918/11 1.6 years
(1 year, 7 months)
15. Great Sioux War of 1876 1876/02 – 1877/05 1.2 years (1 year, 3 months)
16. Spanish–American War 1898/05 – 1898/12 0.6 years
(4 months)
17. Persian Gulf War 1990/08 – 1991/02[11][12] 0.5 years
(7 months)
18. Kosovo War 1999/03 – 1999/06 0.3 years
(118 days)

(Ongoing wars indicated in bold and with orange bars.) Sources: Associated Press,[13] PBS[14]

Notes

See also

References

  1. DoD 1998
  2. Lawrence 2009, p. 20
  3. Knefel, John (7 January 2015). "Drone Rules in Afghanistan Go Unchanged, And Other Reasons the War Isn't Really Over". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
    Sennott, Charles M. (5 May 2015). "The First Battle of the 21st Century". The Atlantic. Retrieved 15 May 2015. Even after 14 years of war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has not fully succeeded in restoring security to the country or defeating the Taliban. Now, at the request of the new Afghan government, the United States has delayed the completion of its troop withdrawal from the country until 2016 at the earliest.
  4. US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,452 Wednesday, according to Associated Press count
  5. US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,452
  6. Dan Simpson Why can't we stop our wars?
  7. Robert Gates' Pentagon Legacy: Unfinished Wars, Unfinished Budget Reform
  8. Obama May Face Tough Decision as Iraqi Leader Signals U.S. Troops Could Stay
  9. Pentagon rethinks Iraq pull-out plans
  10. Iraq Withdrawal Date For U.S. Troops May Be Pushed Back Beyond 2011
  11. http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/2012/08/03/our-longest-u-s-war-medical-treatments-for-gulf-war-illness-remain-elusive/
  12. (33)The term "Persian Gulf War" means the period beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/101
  13. U.S. Participation in Major Wars
  14. 1 2 PBS Frontline, A Kosovo Chronology
  15. Declaration of war by the United States
  16. War Powers Resolution
  17. Herring, George C.: America's Longest War, p. 18.
  18. Zinn, A People's History of the United States, p. 471.
  19. Kolko, Gabriel Anatomy of War, pages 457, 461 ff., ISBN 1-898876-67-3
  20. Delmendo 2004, p. 47.
  21. Constantino 1975
  22. Agoncillo 1990, p. 247
  23. Iraq war is ending, with last troops out in 2011: Obama
  24. 1991: 'Mother of all Battles' begins
  25. Obama: Iraq war to end in 2011
  26. Obama tells veterans that end of Iraq war is about to begin
  27. Obama: 'The war is ending,' fulfilling campaign pledge
  28. Obama Declares an End to Combat Mission in Iraq
  29. US in Final Phase of Iraq War
  30. Obama envoy secretly offered troops in Iraq after 2011
  31. Kosovo Campaign Medal

Bibliography

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) (6 November 1998). "Name of Technical Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon to be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial". DoD. 
Lawrence, A. T. (2009). Crucible Vietnam: Memoir of an Infantry Lieutenant. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-44517-2. 

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