But far too often we tend to fight present wars with the skills of the past war.

In past wars, the court used to let the president and Congress figure out how to wage the war.

In our past wars, America had specific countries to demonize.

There is a voice in the South that differs on how to write the past war.

From the evidence of a few past wars, the civilians might be killed even if the home fleet won.

The dead and the missing were not, as in past wars, redeemed by an American military victory.

In the military part of the war, some lessons from past wars have been put to effective use.

Union leaders gave several reasons for departing from the strong support in past wars.

As in past wars, 90 percent of the tonnage moved by sea.

Added to this there is the dumped ammunition from past wars.