It is important at once to emphasize the difference between bellicism and the modern theory which it superficially resembles, and that is militarism. |
With one honourable exception, every pedagogue who taught or tutored me for long enough to influence my views was steeped in bellicism. |
The problems are enormous and complex, but outside of the just war tradition the only alternatives are either bellicism or pacifism. |
In short, pacifism in times of war is as unpolitical as bellicism in times of peace. |
The Church through the centuries had tried to control the bellicism of the Germans. |
Given the role of a sentimental bellicism in Homage to Catalonia, and the identification of revolution with militant camaraderie, this move is highly significant. |