▁are ▁r het or ical ▁wars . ▁They ▁are ▁not ▁declared ▁against ▁a ▁concrete , ▁military ▁enemy ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁defeated , ▁but ▁are ▁symbol ic ▁of ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁effort , ▁sacrifice , ▁and ▁dedic ation ▁which ▁needs ▁to ▁be ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁issue . ▁They ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁cons olid ating ▁executive ▁power , ▁because ▁war ▁implies ▁emer gency ▁powers ▁for ▁the ▁executive ▁branch ▁which ▁are ▁normally ▁reserved ▁for ▁the ▁legisl ature . ▁As ▁well , ▁polit icians ▁have ▁invoked ▁militar istic ▁ideas ▁with ▁r het or ical ▁wars ▁on ▁other ▁social ▁issues . ▁Some ▁govern ments ▁draw ▁on ▁militar istic ▁imag ery ▁when ▁they ▁appoint ▁" task ▁forces " ▁of ▁b ureau cr ats ▁to ▁address ▁pressing ▁political ▁or ▁social ▁issues . ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁military - indust rial ▁complex ▁metropol itan - mil it ary ▁complex ▁( L ot chin , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Ch . ▁ 1 ) ▁ ▁Mil itar ization ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁strategy ▁for ▁boost ing ▁a ▁state ' s ▁economy , ▁by ▁creating ▁jobs ▁and ▁increasing ▁industrial ▁production . ▁This ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ' s ▁plan ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁German ▁economy ▁after ▁the ▁dev ast ation ▁it ▁suffered ▁after ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War . ▁ ▁Social ▁ ▁In cre asing ly , ▁Christian ▁evangel ical ▁prayer ▁has ▁taken ▁on ▁militar istic ▁forms ▁and ▁language . ▁Spirit ual ▁war fare ▁is ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁prayer ▁spoken ▁in ▁militar ized ▁disc ourse . ▁Its ▁ad