The phrase "attitude of war" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a mindset or approach that is aggressive, combative, or focused on conflict.
Example: "The leader's attitude of war influenced the entire strategy of the organization, pushing for confrontation rather than negotiation."
Alternatives: "war mentality" or "combat mindset".
It also recognises that fault and blame need to be removed from the process so that partners can come to the negotiating table not with the belligerent attitude of war-time foes but one more conducive to conflict-resolution.
A professional war correspondent who has personally witnessed armed conflicts in Vietnam, the Falkland Islands and other danger zones, Hastings has a sober, unromantic and realistic view of battle that puts him into a different category from the armchair generals whose gung-ho, schoolboy attitude to war fills the pages of a great majority of military histories.
He refrained from military action against Iran's nuclear installations, and by all accounts told Israel to hold back too.The loop and the underlying constantOne interpretation of America's attitude to war is that it is stuck in a loop.
Perhaps this was a seed of Benn's attitude to war - he was not a pacifist - in the Falklands, Kuwait or Iraq: He went to Graham Street mixed infants school, and then to the Frances Holland School for Girls, at 13 guineas a term; and from there to Gladstone's, in Cliveden Place.
Graham Mollart Farnham, Surrey But for the obstructive attitude of the War Office, there would have been more women to honour for their contribution to the British war effort (Letters, 3 January).
"They must establish an attitude of protracted war," he said.
The attitude of the war years and those that followed were far healthier and considerably safer.
In contrast to the attitude of the War Office, Britain's allies recognised the contribution of these amazing women: Elsie Inglis was awarded Serbia's Order of the White Eagle, the highest Serbian honour.
In the light of history, however, this attitude to war is highly uncharacteristic.
One of the great stories of all time, this re-examination considers our own attitudes to war, cycles of revenge and what it really means to be a hero.
