Sentence examples for war throwback from inspiring English sources

The government hopes the event, a Cold War throwback last held in Cuba, will be a symbol of the return of relative peace and stability.

In this cold war throwback, Thomas Anders Rupert Friendd), a freelance American war correspondent, and his photographer, Sebastian Ganz (Richard Coyle), risk their lives to alert the world to the goings-on in Georgia and save it from catastrophe.

But Germany is still profoundly resistant to the idea of a Russian threat to German democracy, preferring to downplay it as some kind of Cold War throwback idea, and to suspect those who discuss it of warmongering.

I'd frankly rather see a sequel to a far less practically conceived spy blockbuster, Guy Ritchie's The Man From UNCLE (Warner, 12), not that one will be forthcoming, after this quaintly japey cold war throwback all too inevitably evaporated at the box office.

The dramatic language that sees U.S. troops in Poland on a mission to save peace and civilization itself from the Russian bear blatant Cold War throwback phrasing no doubt exacerbated Moscow's rage.

In fact, it turned out to be something of a first-world-war throwback, with human waves walking into banks of machinegun, tank and artillery fire.

The are a throwback cold war Russia wannabe that is 50 years too late.

Mr. Schäuble, his hair white and a little sparse, the hint of gravel in his voice, is the oldest member of Mrs. Merkel's cabinet, the last born before the end of World War II and a throwback to pro-European conservatives like Helmut Kohl, under whom he was chief of staff.

The official, Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, said at a news conference that the patrols were not unusual and were not a throwback to cold war military tactics.

Restoring Assad to power comes across as a retro policy proposal, a throwback to Cold War realpolitik.

The Nassau set loose amphibious landing craft that look like throwbacks to World War II.