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war War was a frequent fact of life throughout the OT era, and the geographical situation of Palestine between great powers inevitably dragged Israel and
Judah into their conflicts. The
Hebrews themselves, in coming out of
Egypt, fought the existing inhabitants of
Canaan according to Josh. (though there is no archaeological corroboration) in order to secure territory for themselves, and the kings from
Saul to the time of the Exile (586 BCE) were engaged in constant warfare to maintain or extend territory. After the Exile the Jews were in conflict with neighbours as well as with the great empires, and there were popular uprisings led by the
Maccabees in the 2nd cent.
BCE and Simon
Bar-Kochba in the 2nd cent.
CE. With such a history of war it is not surprising that Israel's God is often described as a warrior (Isa. 42: 13) who helps his people against their enemies (1 Sam. 30: 26). When the nation experienced a disaster it was interpreted as the withdrawal of God's help (Ezek. 23: 24–5). After the Exile war was seen as a possible means of winning freedom from foreign oppressors, possibly under the leadership of a Messianic Son of
David (Pss. of Sol.) or by direct divine intervention. War had become an
eschatological concept. In the NT the use of military force is disavowed (Acts 1: 6; John 18: 36) though expected to continue (Luke 14: 31 f.), and war is used in the sense of spiritual conflict (Eph. 6: 12).
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War has a relentless and indelible pattern.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/25/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Alliance. The Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Wars. The Danish-Swedish War...Cossack War. The Polish-Swedish War. The Wars of the Fronde, or French Civil...Austrian Succession. The Punic Wars. "It (war) is all hell ... I look upon...
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WAR MEMORIAL STUDY COMMITTEE IS SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR MEMORIAL PANEL AT NEW WATERFRONT PARK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...of the park in the summer of 2009. The War Memorial Study Committee is part of this...committee's task has been to identify war heroes who have lost their lives in military conflicts dating back to the Revolutionary War and leading to the present day War on Terror...
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POLS' WARS WAGED ON ALL FRONTS.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...wonder who declared war on American citizens). And government wars have been declared...promoted as part of the War on Poverty. Wars also end with a formal...end those domestic wars. Because of its powerful emotional impact, war imagery and language...
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War and Peace/La guerre et la paix
Magazine article from: Anthropologica; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...fictions as the idea that wars are predominantly military...compelling myth of the just war. Beyond debating matters...economy or geopolitics of war. Rather, the authors...terrains that enable these wars to be waged and to be...ideas and practices of war and peace (McCutcheon...
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WORLD WAR I TO WORLD WAR IV: A DEMOCRATIC-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
Magazine article from: Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...currently waging World War IV. Socio-political...are applied to the wars of the 20th and...misconception is that wars end in a specific year. World War I is considered...demonstrate that World Wars do not end even...conflicts of that war may be declared...
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Iraq War Impact on the Vote; Clinton bests Giuliani among those who say war extremely important.(presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani)(Survey)
Magazine article from: Gallup Poll News Service; 6/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Americans say candidates' positions on the Iraq war will be extremely important to their presidential...Rudy Giuliani among those who rate the Iraq war issue as extremely important. PRINCETON...centered on U.S. policy toward the Iraq war. According to recent Gallup polls, about...
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War no more?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/1/1996; 700+ words
; ...have a chance. A world without war, a concept once relegated to...given serious thought. "May war at last be recognized as having...arms." Here's the thesis: Wars in this century have been not...points out, the cost of going to war is ever higher, and the benefits...
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War, gender, and Ernest Hemingway.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Hemingway Review; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Hemingway's stories. Especially in his war stories. --Susan Griffin, A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S "Big Two-Hearted...the most famous piece of fiction about war with no mention of the war in it. The...
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War and the Media: A Random Searchlight / War of the Black Heavens: The Battles of Western Broadcasting in the Cold War
Magazine article from: Journalism History; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...people would say that war is good, yet wars have launched correspondents...In contrast, U.S. wars-including the Civil War, Korea, Vietnam...during the two world wars also is only briefly...chapter on the Gulf War with Iraq gives a good...
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Wars, Internal Conflicts and Political Order: A Jewish Democracy in the Middle East.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...times of conflict and war. Barzilai focuses both...enables him to discuss how wars and lesser violence have...49, 1956, and 1967 wars, which produced the impression that wars necessarily bring about...unity, changed during the War of Attrition, the Yom...
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War
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
War. This essay consists of five articles, which deal broadly with different large aspects of war. The first provides an interpretation of the changing Nature of War from ancient times to the present. The second examines...
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War and Violent Crime
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
...on both sides. World War II was in some ways a...doubt on the utility of war as an institution for...international arguments. Yet wars continued, but without...ultimate weapon, and wars continued, using more...reports of the death of war have been greatly exaggerated...
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War Casualties
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...each of its ten major wars, the total deaths from...was not until the Civil War that the techniques of...Equipment Losses in Modern War. Fairfax, Va.: Hero...Experience in the Korean War. Washington, D.C...and Casualties in Major Wars and Conflicts (as of...
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War Costs
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...have been limited to the war period, reduced by estimated...costs as for the other wars. For the war in Southeast Asia, net...billion. The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was one of the...s twentieth-century wars. Its allies paid most...
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War Plans
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...During most American wars, mobilization took place...1898, Congress declared war and at the same time called...board resumed writing war plans. Some addressed...others dealt with major wars and several as training...two‐ocean war (Plan Red‐...
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