Sentence examples for purpose of war from inspiring English sources

The opening up of new trade routes was often a cause and the purpose of war.

The purpose of war would be to stop Saddam bringing his WMD to military maturity.

The purpose of war is to kill people, and there are consequences to that enterprise.

And while the dismissive and trivial attacks on me may be the bickering of details, the number of dead and the purpose of war are not.

It is the purpose of war memorials to remind posterity of the reality of the sacrifices upon which its apparent security has been built.

Admittedly, Patton's quip that the purpose of war is to make the other guy die for his country contains a large measure of truth; nevertheless, it is only a half-truth.

Should semiautomatic weapons designed for purposes of war be banned?

How is it that a nation does for the purposes of war what it does not think necessary for the national life in time of peace?

In the 18th and 19th centuries, several prophets attempted to revitalize indigenous culture, and a series of chiefs worked to unite various tribes for the purposes of war.

Hungary received full internal autonomy, together with a responsible ministry, and, in return, agreed that the empire should still be a single great state for purposes of war and foreign affairs.

Indeed, according to a book* that is about to be published the Russians have recently developed a strain of anthrax that is resistant to antibiotics.If anthrax spores are inhaled (the aim, for the purposes of war), they cause a swift and grisly death.