Sentence examples for myth of war from inspiring English sources

This is the old innocent myth of war that ended forever in August 1914.

But even the most intrepid reporters are guilty of the same distortion, Hedges admits, because they too believe the myth of war.

"The myth of war," Mr. Hedges writes, "is essential to justify the horrible sacrifices required in war, the destruction and the death of innocents.

The myth of war or football injuries had long been exposed as false, but until now neither scholars nor the public knew the exact cause of his crippling back pain.

In times of war, all countries wind up destroying their own culture; when the myth of war "entices a nation to glory and sacrifice, those who question the value of the cause and the veracity of the myths are branded internal enemies".

Slavick is purposely vague on whether she subscribes to the myth of war as ennobling to humanity.

Here is an uncomfortable truth[A2] : War correspondents are often willing suckers for the myths of war -- at times we keep them alive as much as any Hollywood film -- even though we should know better.

However, there is a very clear link between combat veterans and suicide, a link that is obviously very dangerous to cherished American myths of war, with all too familiar, prevalent and false motifs of justice, honor and redemption.

Joseph Stiglitz, an American economist asserted the following in his article titled The Myth of the War Economy: "The 1990s boom showed that peace is economically far better than war.

But the myth of World War II tolerance, and the politics of contemporary liberalism, have both begun to unravel apace, according to Kuper.

The revised myth of the war elephants showed that they were responsive to new zoological knowledge, adapting mythology the way scientists today sometimes have to reshape theory.