By and large, though, the story of imperial warfare in the period before World War II was of protracted struggle leading to pacification and quiescence.
Mr. Khatami was finally sworn in on Wednesday, but he faces a protracted struggle with conservative clerics who have the institutional power to cripple his boldest initiatives.
For this younger generation of Vietnam scholars, the key to North Vietnam's success against the United States was a concept known as Dau Tranh, or protracted struggle.
SEIU now faces a protracted struggle with NUHW for workers' loyalty, unable to argue that its lawsuit will put its rival out of business.
Only after a protracted struggle was the opposition overcome.
After a protracted struggle, conscription was belatedly introduced.
The exhaustion precipitated by that protracted struggle endures.
Hyundai and Kia now face a protracted struggle to restore their reputations.
The security deterioration has occurred amid a protracted struggle over the succession to become police chief.
He'd reply: "Look, man, we're in for a long struggle, a protracted struggle.
Syria, engaged in a protracted struggle, the outcome of which is still uncertain, remains in the center.
