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Antimilitarism See also Peace, Peacemaking. All Quiet on the Western Front unromanticized novel of WWI and its unsung heroes. [Ger. Lit.: All Quiet on the Western Front] called upon by duty to be a warrior, he refuses to join the fratricidal battle. [Hindu Lit.: The Bhagavad-Gita in Benét, 103] satirizes romantic view of war. [Br. Lit.: Arms and the Man] novel of lovers who flee from war’s horrors. [Am. Lit.: A Farewell to Arms]
known for service to peace. [Am. Hist.: EB, 7: 743–745] refuses to continue taking part in a war being wrongfully prolonged. [Br. Lit.: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer in Magill I, 579] fights her father’s involvement in munitions manufacture. [Br. Drama: Shaw Mayor Barbara in Magill III, 617] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The potential gains are speculative and Japan's actions will still be constrained by the anti-militarist impulses of the Japanese public, but the prospects for a more credible deterrent or threat coming from a "normal" Japan should be considered relative to U. Since peacekeeping and civil defence tasks were what the military had been doing most of in recent years, and since those tasks were also the most congenial to Labour's anti-militarist outlook, the Labour government decided to prioritize the capacities that best supported those roles. Clinton is neither a secure anti-militarist nor a secure "military man," and with the stigma of draft-dodging and loving queers more than Uncle Sam, he went very far to prove a point: I am the commander-in-chief. |
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