as far as i remember there was also a napoleonic war that directly involved more countries than ww1 which some also considered a world war, often wondered who came up with calling the 1914-18 war ww1, or was it called the great war until ww2 when they renamed it?
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>>Has anyone else been watching this documentary on the French Indian war? Part 2 is tonight on PBS.
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>Hi Evan,
>You may be interested in a book http://www.walkerbooks.com/books/catalog.php?key=468 by Fowler (haven't read it but saw an interesting interview with him on TVO Studio2 [Ontario current affairs program]).
>He maintains that the war you mention actually kicked off what he calls the real first world war.
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>Regards,
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>Ed