During the 1980s and early 1990s, he became known for threatening civil war to maintain white rule in South Africa.

Germany gained nothing of importance but was mollified and stopped threatening war.

"As long as you can threaten war, you'll always be able to negotiate."

Istanbul does not see it that way, and has threatened war, if necessary, to block deployment.

It was one thing to threaten war, but quite another to follow through and actually declare it.

Germany made increasingly aggressive territorial demands, threatening war if they were not met.

Don't you just know we'd threaten war if that's what it took to gain equal access?

Threaten war, and suddenly weapons inspectors are back in Iraq.

Still, it is true that he has never specifically threatened war against Israel.

Mr. Bush did not threaten war, but that was his clear implication.