Word: jihadism
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...next three weeks of nightmare, as the lines bent daily backward but never quite broke, he was in an increasing agony of bewildered fear and uselessness. Said one of the mess: "This parson of ours came out, I should say, thinking he was going to preach a Jihad.* All parsons do, to a certain extent. And what happens-some of 'em turn into quite good mess caterers, and that's about all." Chaplain Warne did not even turn into a good mess-caterer. Confronted by the daily reality of war and what seemed to his unseeing eyes...