The phrase "narrative of war" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, such as history books, news articles, or personal accounts. It refers to the storytelling or retelling of events, experiences, or perspectives related to war. Example: The author's narrative of war in his novel provided an intimate and emotional portrayal of the soldiers' struggles on the battleground.
But that's really only one narrative: the narrative of war vs. uncertainty about it.
"The narrative of war, or anticipating war, is a much stronger narrative than the doubters have," he said.
You suggest that there are two competing narratives: the "narrative of war" and a "counternarrative... of uncertainty and caution".
Now he cautions journalists against falling again for a kind of siren song: "the narrative of war".
Travelling with the US forces on their advance through Europe, her despatches from the battlefront provide an intensely personal, immediate and eerily beautiful narrative of war.
In a show that includes far more drawing than the photography for which she is best known, she spins the brief life of a teen drag racer and Vietnam casualty into a fragmented narrative of war and remembrance.
All narratives of war told through the lens of the combatants carry with them the seduction of violence.
Everyday Africa was started by the photographer Peter DiCampo and the writer Austin Merrill, both of whom had worked extensively in Africa and were looking for ways to get beyond the stereotypical narratives of war, famine and wildlife.
In The Red adopts and uses the shroud, the color red, and historical and contemporary narratives of war as materials that symbolize life, suffering, danger and destruction..
His book, Commando: A Boer Journal Of The Boer War, has for many years been regarded as one of the best narratives of war and adventure in the English language.
He conceives of his epic, ongoing narrative as a story of war between masculine culture and feminine nature.
