Sentence examples for he led the war from inspiring English sources

Bolívar, known as the Liberator because he led the war of independence against Spain, is everywhere here.

He lauds General Petraeus, portraying him as a hero to cheering crowds — "thank God America is blessed with that kind of leadership," he said in Sioux City — but also excoriates Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary, for the way he led the war.

In his three-plus terms from 1933 to 1945, he led the war against Hitler, supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine, appointed a Jew to the Supreme Court, chose another to be his secretary of the Treasury and surrounded himself with Jewish advisers who helped shape the laws that revolutionized the role of government in American life — what some critics sneeringly called the "Jew Deal".

He's led, "The War Boys," an immigration drama with Peter Gallagher, and played a role in the Daniel Boone TV movie, "Westward!" Here's the official log line for "Paradise Lost"; click over to /Film for concept art, and Deadline for more on the casting.

In public affairs, he led the Texas War on Drugs Committee in 1979 at the behest of Republican Governor Bill Clements, and was put in charge of the Select Committee on Public Education in 1983 by Democratic Governor Mark White.

Polk seized upon his marginal election victory and proceeded to act as if he had won an enormous mandate; then he led the country into war by resorting to what his critics called deep deception.

In 1809, in an ill-judged attempt to impress the Pawnees, he led the Kitkehahki to war with the Kanzas.

As George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, he led the United States into war against Iraq and Afghanistan.

Though a decorated military hero, he led the opposition to the war in Vietnam.

D'Annunzio was instrumental in dragging Italy into the first world war, in a bid to win territory from the fading Austro-Hungarian empire; and after the war, he led the motley band that occupied the town of Fiume on the coast of what is now Croatia, establishing himself as Duce.

After the war, he led the classics department at Durham University before returning to Trinity as a senior tutor.