theater of war

Example Sentences

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Americans thus mistook the Afghan countryside for a mere theater of war, rather than as a place where people actually lived.

From Washington Post

“The tonnages moved by airplanes are tiny. Trucks are what count in the theater of war. Well, that wasn’t very glamorous for all those guys, so I got fired from that job.”

From Washington Post

The movies produced in theaters of war often follow a similar arc: The documentarian parachutes in to take stock of a catastrophe.

From New York Times

Military leaders have largely been steadfast in their desire to keep troops in various theaters of war — namely Afghanistan and Iraq — that Congress increasingly lost patience for in recent years.

From New York Times

In Iraq, Afghanistan and other theaters of war, the United States came to rely heavily on contract security details who were not held to the same discipline or accountability standards as U.S. military personnel.

From Los Angeles Times