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:
“Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, will be specially interested in almost nothing.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)
“High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Show’rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence; and, from despair
Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
Vain war with Heav’n, and by success untaught,
His proud imaginations”
—John Milton (1608–1674)