The main difference in warfare is the advancement in technology that we have today. In the revolutionary war, soldiers mostly only had little swords and primative firearms. Today, however, the...
The war on terrorism is different because there's NO armies, navies, air forces, uniforms, nor government involved; just criminals verses governmental forces.
This was the first war America fought that was not against a foreign country, but itself. It is also the first war where the principal of "Total War" was used, something that would not appear in...