Before 1940, Wright observes, "Americans mobilized in response to war rather than in expectation of war".
He also shows how the JIC assessments were progressively hardened as the expectation of war increased.
There is no credible threat or expectation of war anywhere in Europe, save perhaps for the fear of civil conflict in the Balkans or Moldova.
The United States budged slightly at the United Nations on its ultimatum for Iraq, where the mood was growing tense in expectation of war.
They had climbed through the winter, not only in expectation of war but also because of political strife in Venezuela and ethnic clashes in Nigeria, and then swung back and forth on news from the battlefronts in Iraq.
As the streets of the Iraqi capital emptied today in expectation of war, President Saddam Hussein gave a defiant rebuff to President Bush's "despicable and reckless ultimatum" giving the Iraqi leader and his two sons until Wednesday to quit Iraq.
As I sit here thinking of your star spangled banner I am confronted with an unspoken rule: Death is the expectation of war, not amongst peace.
Leslie Wilson, author of My Last Train from Kummersdorf Good Night Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian is a deeply touching story that confounds expectations of "the war story".
With regard to the Balkans, the Triple Alliance aimed at restraining the Russian Empire, as well as the its ally, the Austrian Empire, and there were expectations of a war between the Alliance and Russia (and possibly Austria) around 1791.
The price has run away on the expectations of a bidding war".
