Long War

Long War can refer to:

  • Long War (Ottoman wars), a war between the Habsburgs and the Ottoman Empire from 1593 to 1606
  • Long War (20th century), a concept describing several wars from 1914 to 1990 as one long war
  • Long War (21st century), a name proposed in 2006 by U.S. military leaders for the Global War on Terrorism
  • Long War (Provisional IRA strategy), a strategy followed by the Provisional IRA which aimed to achieve victory through attrition warfare

See also:

  • List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity for a list of wars made very long by diplomatic technicalities.
  • Perpetual war, a military and political concept.

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or war:

    ““Your strength, that is so lofty and fierce and kind,
    It might call up a new age, calling to mind
    The queens that were imagined long ago,
    Is but half yours....””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)