Only when the battle is defined this way can it achieve the desired results, have its magical polarizing effect.
Much of the Clinton-Sanders battle was defined by the singular question of how to treat Wall Street: whether the bailout was justified and whether bank regulation went far enough.
That battle was defined largely by the unshakable, grandiose convictions of low-taxes, small-government puritans in the House, for whom Cut, Cap and Balance wasn't so much a three-pronged wager as a holy trinity, promising salvation.
The political battle was defined as Turkey's culture wars, identity politics, and the clash of worldviews for the soul of the country.
But if we want to narrow the definition of "battle" to be defined as a single uninterrupted moment of conflict, then September 12, 1683 is a strong contender for both number of combatants simultaneously engaged, and because at 5 PM that day there occurred what could well be the most awesome spectacle in the history of battle.
And this battle will be defined by who is on this committee.
This back-and-forth argument, about whether a conflict can be defined by its battle space or intensity, is irrelevant, says Geoffrey Corn, a career Army officer who served as the senior Army advisor on the law of war.
There were defining moments, epic battles, new product introductions, and major corporate screw-ups.
At its heart, this battle over land is defined by the shifting economy in Chicago and other aging industrial cities where the booming service industry has largely replaced manufacturing, eliminating thousands of factory jobs.
While the TUC leadership seems capable mainly of organising symbolic marches, and Labour MPs give navel-gazing speeches about how to placate racists, migrants are fighting the battles that are defining the British workplace.
