The Peace of Westphalia ended one of the most bellicose periods of European history and arguably marked the opening of the modern era, with the recognition of nation states and the beginnings of religious toleration in Europe.
At one point, Gen. Curtis LeMay, the bellicose chief of staff of the Air Force, reviews the options and tells J. F. K. condescendingly, "You're in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President".
The President's rhetoric on Iran has been nothing short of bellicose lately, warning of "the shadow of a nuclear holocaust".
Conspicuously absent from Romney's foreign-policy advisory team are representatives of the less bellicose school of thinking that dominated Republican foreign policy before the neocons showed up.
WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump is leaning toward naming as secretary of state John Bolton, a bellicose enemy of Russia and Iran who is among the most hawkish members of the Republican foreign policy community, according to two sources familiar with Trump's thinking.
In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump's bellicose denial of the scientific realities of human-caused global warming, rollbacks of greenhouse gas regulations and decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accords helped propel the issue into mainstream political discourse. .
His exhortation of "Merry Christmas" is a bellicose rejection of the multicultural, religiously diverse "Happy Holidays".
Our president has just been reelected with the support of 70percentt of Jewish Americans, support that rejected the bellicose warnings of the Sheldon Adelsons and the Mitt Romneys.
BEIJING — As Kim Jong-un, the young leader of North Korea, consolidates his grip on power, China is showing signs of increasing frustration at the bellicose behavior of its longtime ally.
