Explain the difference between conventional and nonconventional war, and describe how World War I and II relate to both categories.
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Conventional war is typically characterized as armed conflict between two or more states in which military forces of each side are used against each other and in which weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons are generally not used. In contrast to conventional war, unconventional war involves armed conflict in which traditional battles between the organized militaries of the participants are less prominent (or avoided altogether). Since the introduction of weapons of mass destruction in World War I and II, the use of such weaponry has been characterized as unconventional warfare, as well. This complicates the definition of war because both world wars are usually considered conventional, and yet, unconventional weapons were used in both, although in a limited capacity. It is still correct to consider both of those conflicts conventional, but today, if weapons of mass destruction were widely used in a conflict, it would certainly be considered unconventional.
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