However, the war quickly spread and eventually involved every level of society.
In the past, when a president made such claims, the war involved lasted a limited time.
A war often involves the use of dangerous force as both sides try to kill each other.
There is a growing study into 'new wars' involving actors other than states.
Primarily, the war would have involved the two conflicting cities and their territories.
The attorneys general said the company's agreement gave them new weapons in the legal war involving the tobacco industry.
The "splendid little war", as one official called it, involved a series of quick American victories on land and at sea.
The war involved gun battles in the streets and dozens of murders.
The author says the war on terror must involve the defeat of liberalism.
The war had involved every major urban area in China, and badly damaged the rural infrastructure.