List of bloodless wars
A bloodless war is generally a small conflict, crisis, or dispute between rival groups that is resolved without human death or injury, although the threat of violence usually seems very likely at the time. (Intentional property damage may still occur.) Typically, these events are recorded in history as wars even though the term "war" generally implies violence. Therefore, the term "bloodless war" is somewhat of an oxymoron. Nevertheless, there have been many conflicts throughout history labeled as such.
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The following is a list of bloodless wars:
- McGowan's War - British Columbia, 1858, between the Colony of British Columbia and American gold miners
- Kettle War - Europe, 1784, between Holy Roman Empire soldiers and the Republic of the Seven Netherlands
- Aroostook War - Maine/New Bruinswick border, 1838-39, between the United States and the United Kingdom
- Dodge City War - Dodge City, Kansas, 1883, between Luke Short and the Mayor of Dodge City
- Red River Bridge War - Texas/Oklahoma border, 1931, between the states of Texas and Oklahoma
- Lobster War - Atlantic Ocean, 1961-63, between Brazil and France
- Honey War - Iowa/Missouri border, 1839, between the Iowa Territory and the State of Missouri
- Anglo-Swedish War (1810–12) - 1810-12, between the United Kingdom and Sweden; existed only on paper
- Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War - Isles of Sicily, 1651-1986, between the Netherlands and Cornwall (United Kingdom); existence is disputed
- Huéscar-Danish War - 1809-1981, between Huéscar and Denmark; existed only paper
- 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish - Indo-Tibetan border, 1987, between India and China
- Turbot War - Newfoundland & English Channel, 1994-96, between Canada and Spain
The following wars are often labelled incorrectly as bloodless wars:
- Cold War: unknown number of killed
- Cod Wars: one man killed 1 man wounded
- Toledo War: one man wounded
- Battle of Athens (1946): several wounded
See also
General references
- Gray, Ezio Maria (1917). The Bloodless War. Hodder and Stoughton. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- Mandel, Robert (2004). Security, Strategy, and the Quest for Bloodless War. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781588262691. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- Powers, Thomas (2004). Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda. New York Review of Books. p. Chapter 8. ISBN 9781590170984. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- Krauthammer, Charles (1999). "The Short, Unhappy Life of Humanitarian War". The National Interest (57): 5–8. JSTOR 42897194.
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