And the military historians taught me, during that quest, that military conflicts are typically put into three categories: local battles, regional or theater wars, and the rare but all-important global, world war -- strategic conflicts.
那时军事历史学家告诉我， 经过研究，典型的军事冲突 可以分为三种类型：局部战斗， 地区或战区战争，以及罕见的但极重要的 全球性的世界大战，即战略冲突。