美国在越南饱受创伤之后，花了几十年从教科书上删去了“小战争”的概念，但美国的军官正困难地重学教训。

Decades after expunging the idea of "small wars" from their textbooks after the trauma of Vietnam, American officers are relearning the lessons the hard way.

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如果渗透的标准或我们的人员伤亡增加同时我们将会设法按规定的比例减小战争，这将是一个敌人有意识决定的结果。

If the level of infiltration or our casualties increase while we are trying to scale down the fighting, it will be the result of a conscious decision by the enemy.

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And the other countries have, of course, there are many many smaller countries had also been involved in the fighting.

还有其他很多小的国家,也参与了战争。

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We have the Trojan Wars. The Hittites are invading Asia Minor, modern day Turkey to the north.

有特洛伊战争，希泰人侵略了小亚细亚，也就是现在的土尔其以北地区。

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Sometimes there were interesting little problems that emerged and one of those has to do with the use of chariots in warfare.

偶尔会有一些有趣的小问题出现,这往往和战争时使用的二轮战车相关

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