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A casus belli (from Latin casus belli 'occasion for war'; pl. casus belli) is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. [1] [2] A casus belli involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a casus foederis involves offenses or threats against its ally—usually one bound by a mutual defense pact.
In his Notes on the State of Virginia (1785), Thomas Jefferson uses the phrase bellum omnium in omnia ("war of all things against all things", assuming omnium is intended to be neuter like omnia) as he laments that the constitution of that state was twice at risk of being sacrificed to the nomination of a dictator after the manner of the Roman Republic.
In grammar, an oblique (abbreviated OBL; from Latin: casus obliquus) or objective case (abbr. OBJ ) is a nominal case other than the nominative case and, sometimes, the vocative . A noun or pronoun in the oblique case can generally appear in any role except as subject , for which the nominative case is used. [ 1 ]
Life at war goes on! That gaiety hides a deeper, lasting pain at losing loved ones in combat. A 2004 study of Vietnam combat veterans by Ilona PIvar, now a psychologist the Department of Veterans Affairs, found that grief over losing a combat buddy was comparable, more than 30 years later, to that of bereaved a spouse whose partner had died in ...
In the oblique order attack, the commander of the army would intentionally weaken one portion of the line to concentrate their troops elsewhere. They would then create an angled or oblique formation, refuse the weakened flank and attack the strongest flank of the enemy with a concentration of force. Once the critical flank was secure, the ...
A majority of young adults say they have little or no sense of purpose or meaning in life. Valerie Plesch/Getty U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Oct. 26, 2022.
The war metaphor is sometimes invoked to pursue ordinary domestic politics. [1] Philosopher James Childress describes the use of war as a metaphor as a dilemma: "In debating social policy through the language of war, we often forget the moral reality of war." [2] One fundamental problem is that it is often unclear when the "war" is over. [3]
Inevitably, patients imagined being told they were a good person at heart, that they were forgiven, and that they could go on to lead a good life. Of course, these conversations rely on imagination. But the technique allows the patient to articulate in his or her own words an alternative narrative about his injury.