General Schwarzkopf repeatedly mentioned his determination to keep casualties at a minimum.

"If possible, we want to keep casualties to a minimum."

You've got to be wise and fight in a way that keeps casualties to a minimum.

The speed of the Iraqi collapse helped keep allied casualties in the low hundreds.

Canadian advances saw less success but were carefully conducted, keeping casualties to a minimum.

But they had secured a victory, while keeping casualties to a minimum.

But Lament preferred to keep innocent casualties to a minimum wherever possible.

"If there is a threat to lives, we hope to keep casualties to a minimum."

The more disciplined use of peacekeeping forces in Bosnia has so far kept casualties to a minimum.

But that pledge conflicts with another, this one to a domestic audience, to keep American military casualties to a minimum.