Devastated by war and decades of misrule, Liberia's state and economy have all but collapsed.
In 1919, the Italian tourism industry, like much of the country, had been devastated by war.
The territory, devastated by war, was ceded to the British crown in 1946.
But there appears to be no plan to regenerate towns and villages devastated by war.
This didn't happen in some far off part of the world devastated by war and poverty.
In little more than five decades, the natural world has reclaimed an area devastated by war.
Let's rewind 70 years, when Europe was devastated by war and had massive refugee populations.
What about starting a company after your country had been devastated by war and was occupied by a foreign power?
"On the other hand, Australia's prosperity and the security of the world would be devastated by war," Keating said.
Seventy years ago charitable Americans sent Christmas food parcels and emergency supplies to a Britain devastated by war.
The culmination of a transitional process funded, designed, and overseen by the West, the elections were supposed to bring stability, accountability, and democracy to a land long devastated by war, poor administration, and authoritarianism.
