Prepare for the days of a phony war mentality.
But there was a war mentality during the cold war that influenced everyone's behavior.
"The question is whether self defense results in a war mentality and the occupation of other lands."
Russian officials, complaining that the Bush administration is trying to return to a cold war mentality, vowed to retaliate in kind.
History itself caught up with the past and ironically the usual tribal war mentality erupted in 1980 (see Liberia facts).
"Unfortunately, many Chinese leaders have a revolutionary war mentality," he said.
The attacks did happen here and created a war mentality.
It is ironic that the one area of national security policy still dominated by a cold war mentality is arms control.
Some say that to prevent another Sept. 11 attack we must fight terrorism with a war mentality and not treat potential attackers as criminals.
The cold war is dead, but the cold war mentality is not.