there was a period of comparative peace; and the northern kingdom, under its king, Jeroboam II, was enjoying the unwonted luxuries of military superiority over its immediate neighbours and of commercial prosperity. (religion-online.org)
Ostensibly trumpeting the astonishing stamina of the American soldier, specifically when tasked to survive in Japanese POW camps, Unbroken has all the ingredients of a chest - puffing piece on Yankee military superiority, with paranoid fingers pointed at the exotic, one - dimensional opponent. (slantmagazine.com)
In a call for military superiority to the Soviet Union and for victory over communism — rather than containment — Falwell pulls out all stops in his superpatriotism. (religion-online.org)