So given Marc and WILF's points, I would say that the "English Civil War" belongs in that HUGE pile of historic misnomers.
More accurately, it was a revolutionary insurgency.
(I classify insurgencies into three broad categories: Separatist, Revolutionary, and Resistence)
Ahh, okay, I can live with that type of differentiation. Personally, I would call your first two types "civil wars", but that's a case of using a different signifier for similar concepts - a moot point.
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
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The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University http://marctyrrell.com/
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