Sentence examples for upon war from inspiring English sources

If the nation actually embarks upon war, its transportation system is useful in moving troops.

Accepting the alliance with customary boldness and self-confidence, he averted dismissal by the King and embarked upon war.

This new restraint upon war does not, however, act upon conflicts that the assembly may favourably regard as wars of colonial liberation.

The country has endured war upon war, but its history demonstrates that what may prove to be far more dangerous than the shooting of weapons is the backfiring of policy.

The West is temporizing, as usual, so as not to pile war upon war.

Sun Quan finally decided upon war, chopping off a corner of his desk during an assembly and stating: "Anyone who still dares argue for surrender will be [treated] the same as this desk".

Seeking retribution is a human instinct, yet around the world at such times our government has called upon warring parties to forgo a cycle of violence and begin a peaceful dialogue.

If there's any consistency to the foreign-policy mistakes of America in the post-World War Two era, it's the saga of brilliant men deciding upon wars in countries they barely understand, countries whose history they ignore--at our peril.

Part of this effort will be to call upon warring parties around the world to take special measures during the World Cup to ensure humanitarian access to children.

Sherman reflects upon "our civil war, the devastating manufacture of the bones of our sons".

In Krulak's own words, the objective was to observe "the effect of recent events upon the attitudes of the Vietnamese in general, and upon the war effort against the Viet Cong".