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:
“To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long weary night; to listen to the falling rain, and crouch for warmth beneath the lee of some old barn or rick, or in the hollow of a tree; are dismal things—but not so dismal as the wandering up and down where shelter is, and beds and sleepers are by thousands; a houseless rejected creature.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“War. Fighting. Men ... every man in the whole realm is in the army.... Every man in uniform ... An economy entirely geared to war ... but there is not much war ... hardly any fighting ... yet every man a soldier from birth till death ... Men ... all men for fighting ... but no war, no wars to fight ... what is it, what does it mean?””
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)