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I couldn't help wondering if some of them viewed war as not much more than a big game.
In previous decades, the military and the American public viewed war as an aberration and peace as the norm.
Other famous pieces in the genre have viewed war from the top down, celebrating battlefield victories, military leaders and patriotic fervor.
Widely regarded as the leading military theorist of the early 19th century, Jomini viewed war in precise, almost mathematical terms and believed that an enemy's territory was the primary objective of an army, not the opposing force.
I agree with your repudiation of the doctrine of preventive war but question your claim that "before the Iraq fiasco, American leaders rightly viewed war as a last resort, appropriate only when the nation's vital interests were actively threatened and reasonable diplomatic efforts had been exhausted".
Rousseau viewed war as a product of defectively ordered social institutions; it is states as public entities that make war, and individuals participate in wars only as members or citizens of states.
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The fact that the president has tended to view war, like religious faith, as a personal calling is suggestive.
Let's always honor bravery and sacrifice, but never view war as a contest in which either side comes away with a World Series ring.
Even if anti-war films are imperfect, even if they can glorify combat, they still possess the power to make us view war differently and gain insight that reporting can't give us.
In Iraq, the U.S. Army would illustrate the danger of viewing war too narrowly".
In our military, we have a long tradition of viewing war as a strategic game.
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