Of course, no one really knows what a "quick" war is.

"If he wants to end this war real quick, he'll just turn us loose to burn a little gunpowder."

The Croatian military is confident it would be a quick war.

There were several exceptions from the general rule of quick civil wars during this period.

He shows how cruelly the combatants' original expectations for a quick, short war were betrayed.

The general assumption of a quick war meant there was no need for strategic attacks.

Germany sought to win a quick war in the west before Russia fully mobilized its armed forces.

No one can say after this quick war that Saddam's strike power had been an increasing threat to world peace.

Pakistan, for example, wants a quick war and the speedy exit of American troops from the region.

A quick war and a quick peace were a complete illusion, he argued.