Tom Engelhardt of Mother Jones magazine wrote, "It's an eye-opener on the degree to which we are, without realizing it, a militarized society."

"I have to ask, who wants to live in a militarized society?"

"I wouldn't call Nicaragua a dictatorship, but we have a regime based on force, a militarized society," he said at his spartan office in Managua.

The adoption of Japan's first military code of law-the Goseibai Shikimoku-in 1232 reflected the profound transition from court to militarized society.

He has also justified his views by stating that all Israeli civilians are potential soldiers, since Israel is a "militarized society."

Burckhardt saw the militarized society.

It also serves to motivate what is probably the world's most militarized society, with 1.1 million men and women in arms, the fifth-largest army in the world.

Military pressure, the defectors warned, will have little effect on one of the most militarized societies in the world.

Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq was one of the most militarized societies.

Thus, China would be turned into a militarized society, with a three tier organization, highest to lowest: Supreme Leader - Blue Shirt Society - People.