The phrase "a harsh war" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a conflict that is particularly brutal or severe in nature.
Example: "The history books recount the details of a harsh war that left deep scars on the nation."
Alternatives: "a brutal conflict" or "a fierce battle".
Shaul Mofaz, Israel's defense minister, expressed condolences to the families and said a "harsh war" had been raging in Gaza for two years.
Egypt has bombed ISIS, Jordan's King Abdullah has vowed a "harsh war" with his own boots on the ground against ISIS, Iraqi Kurds and Iraqi military units have fought ISIS, and even Iran has bombed ISIS.
The death row affair has sparked a global condemnation of Indonesia's harsh war on drugs; Australia, who had two citizens among the executed, withdrew its ambassador just hours after the execution.
Mali has come to the world's attention in the last few months as a sad and frustrating basket case that is suffering a harsh civil war.
Shabiu is a refugee, the house a temporary refuge from the harsh winter of Kosovo and from the harsh war that preceded it.
A continuum of harsh wars has wrought a more dogged and complex insurgent in Afghanistan and Iraq who is unlikely to follow the path of aged veterans into retirement in the short term.
Entitled "Harsh War, Harsh Peace," the report details human-rights violations by all of Somalia's armed parties: the Shabbab; the weak central government headed by the Western-backed, Islamist-firebrand-turned-moderate President, Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Sharif; and even the several thousand Ugandan and Burundian troops of AMISOM, the U.N.-backed African Union peacekeeping force.
That think-tank pundits with this track record would try to pass themselves off as harsh war critics in 2007 shows how desperate they are to preserve their status as Beltway "experts" now that the political winds have shifted.
Against a harsh post-war economic climate, Mackinolty personally intervened to improve the planned accommodation for trainees, arguing that the youths could not be expected to live in the austere conditions to which other members of the Air Force were used.
But this year, he said, a harsh winter, the war with Iraq and the slowing economy combined to put a dent in sales.
It's supposed to be a harsh and unforgiving war, and it is, but when androids 2B and 9S land on the surface, they find the obsolete androids and aimless machine lifeforms interested in anything but fighting it.
