Sentences with phrase «chaos of civil wars»

Generally regarded as one of the greatest presidents ever, Abraham Lincoln navigated the United States through the bloody chaos of the Civil War and permanently ended slavery in the United States.

The continent of Lanzheim is in the chaos of a civil war, but the island has been kept out of it, mainly because of its lack of strategic value.

Not exact matches

But the simmering civil war in Syria still holds the potential to create a much wider field of chaos that triggers a rush into safe havens bonds, which in turn keeps Treasury yields contained.

In raising our voice in defence of persecuted Christians, we wish to express our compassion for the suffering experienced by the faithful of other religious traditions who have also become victims of civil war, chaos and terrorist violence.

Following the US overthrow of the regime, Iraq descended into the chaos of sectarian violence and civil war.

In 1865, slaves in Galveston, Texas learned they had been freed months before but the news had traveled slowly in the chaos of the end of the Civil War.

The report argues a reluctance to take the radical changes needed to address the root causes of instability has led to rising support for political Islam, the re-emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, increasing global terror attacks and the a «state of bloody chaos nearing civil war» in Iraq.

International inspectors must cope with the chaos of Syria's ongoing civil war, with at least a third of the declared chemical weapons sites reportedly located in contested areas.

Foremost among the vulnerable and victims in the chaos and destruction of war, civil unrest, and natural disasters are children and youth.

In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War.

Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos.

Elizabeth Gaffney's magnificent, Dickensian Metropolis captures the splendor and violence of America's greatest city in the years after the Civil War, as young immigrants climb out of urban chaos and into the American dream.

From the book jacket: Elizabeth Gaffney's Dickensian Metropolis captures the splendor and violence of New York in the years after the Civil War, as young immigrants climb out of urban chaos and into the American dream.

It was a time of chaos, when the land was wracked with civil war, foreign aggression, and violent power struggles.

In 1936, upon hearing the news of García Lorca's assassination amidst the terror of the Spanish Civil War, Matta penned a film script composed of 162 intense, rapid scenes ripe with imagery of death, chaos, and psychological hysterics.