ne treatment to be after enlightenment, along with war becoming more common and aggressive. The first thing I asked myself when I read this question was what first comes to mind when you think of war the worst war I know of. I immediately thought of my knowledge of World War Two. Today that is one of the most brutal things to look back on. Holocaust was incredibly brutal and inhuman. The things people endured are unimaginable. That was less than on hundred years ago and it doesn’t seem to be improving. I don’t think you can ever say war is ever humane. It is people fighting for what they believe in and doing what they think is right. Most of the time they will kill and do what ever is needed to win the argument. I think one thing that …show more content…
It is also known that not everyone will completely agree with each other all the time. That is where I find Kant saying that we will abolish aggressive war entirely to be untrue. The largest wars happened after the enlightenment period and with each war the number of deaths grow. No two people are ever the same. They come from diverse backgrounds and have different experiences. It doesn’t matter if they are from the same town two people are never just alike. This causes problem and disagreements, which will eventually lead to war. Right now, we are in period with no major world wars, there are small ones in many nations. Looking from a world stand point this is seen as a time of peace, but like we talked about in class this correlates with the world right before WWI. Unfortunately, if history repeats itself within the next 50 years wars will ravage the earth again. Aside from the two world wars the number of casualties rise over time. The Taiping war in China from 1851-1864 is where over 22 million people died. That is far more than the thirty years war from 1618-1648, which was said to have over 5 million deaths. The wars many have little connection, but prove the point that wars less than 200 years apart and the amount of deaths more than triples in a third of the time. This is due to rise in total population. Proving my point again the rise of population only brings more issues and we all know issue lead to war. No matter ow bad we want it world
World War I was the result of leaders' aggression towards other countries which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. One cause of the World War was militarism, which is a policy in which military preparedness is of primary significance to a situation. Another cause of the World War was nationalism. Nationalism is the pride and devotion form one towards his/her country. It played a great part in the causes of World War 1 because citizens wanted to stand up for their country, and fight for them. The third
War is like a forest fire. Nobody wants to see the trees blazing in fire for perhaps a couple of weeks, but it is a natural cause that we have to endure through. In reality, the fire helps reduce the risk of more natural fires by burning up dead biomass on the floor of the forest. Also, these fires create a new nutrient heavy habitat for new plants which attracts different sorts of animals. Likewise, war has to be thought of like a fire because it is inevitable with the human population possessing different perspectives. One might argue that war only creates utter chaos and wipes out most of the population. Although no one likes the idea of killing, war can actually create a new place for us and our future generations to live in like the aftermath of the forest fires. The United States of America should agitate for a new world war in order to solve current issues and bring all nations ultimately to world peace.
Looking at the past in a narrow way does nothing to help further our understanding of it. We see the War as a time of devastation and sorrow, and that is precisely the truth. “The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions — but in many
Back then no one argued over killing other people, no one protested, no one fought back. Everything on the homefront was perfect. Except not entirely. It's been with our history since the beginning of history… Murder. A perfect society was never going to happen from the beginning. Killing was engraved into our genes, our thumbs were especially special for killing. You can't say that violence is bad and no one should do that, especially on earth where problems are everywhere due to a large population. World peace is a fantasy.
Although war brings death and destruction, the world could be worse without it. Sometimes there’s a lot to lose but even more to gain. Even Emile Zola, a person notorious for being a leftist, found that, “it is only the warlike nations that have prospered. A nation dies as soon as it disarms. War is the school of discipline, sacrifice, and courage.” The Great War could not be “the war to end all wars” because history repeats itself. Just as World War I was seemingly bound to happen, so is every other war. An event leads to another event, which will eventually lead to war. Life seems to be a never ending cycle of major historical events and their repercussions. Nothing would ever end war because the world doesn’t know how to function without it.
War is a necessary part of human nature. War has always been a part of countries and nations history. Militarism in countries , people who are nationalist extremist showing their aggression towards other countries. War is a necessary part of humanity because people naturally view others as ‘Us and them’, people being patriotic,nationalist or extremist causing tension between nations of the world.
“The world must know what happened, and never forget.” (World War 2) General Eisenhower reflecting upon the world war II, and acknowledging it as a pertinent event in the history of the United States of America. War is war, it is not pretty or humane, but what it is, is a diplomatic way in which to settle disputes and aggressions between countries. By analyzing these wars of the past, the people of the country can learn many things, be it mistakes made by one side, strategy from someone else or battle field etiquette. And it is through this analysis that the human race is able to further itself to not repeat the mistakes made by their ancestors. There are many lessons to be learned from looking at the
On a darker note war is still war and war brings loses. In World War 1 the total casualty amount was 37 million people. Out of this 17 million were deaths and 20 million wounded. Of the 17 deaths 10 million were military and 7 million had been civilian. But this is miniscule compared to World War 2. World War 2 brought 60 million deaths, which was 2.5% of the population at the time. But in World War 2 the Holocaust was happening which added about 11 million deaths.
Looking at war on a level of olden days vs. modern-day war, Modern-day war is completely different compared to when war was just starting to become an idea. Modern-Day war involves Advanced Weaponry and Technology where lots of damage can be done quickly using
In the past War was a necessity that was the only way that things could change rapidly. But now there shouldn't even be a thought of war, due to are amout of connection because of the technology that is available. But yet the world remains hostile and people a threaded each day.
In the history of the world there are many occurrences that have changed life and the world, as we know it. The history of conflicts in the world is just as long as the histories of man have bee recorded. From the beginning the human species survived off of conflict (between various predators and the environment) and has been nourished by the fruits of war since before the rise of the Roman Empire. World conquest has been the goal of many great generals and a great many Kings. Through the years there were many conflicts that were thought to be the worst that ever was and the worst that would ever be (World War I in particular). World war two is said to be the war to end all wars, because of the leaders,
The only thing that results from the act of war is endless violence and death, and that in itself does not seem very kind to the average being, despite having to deal with it, and accepting the fact that actions such as that would happen in society no matter what is a difficult task that not only the average being, but also the everyday pacifist and everyone alike, no matter what the circumstance or situation, all should know of the truth that goes on in the world, no matter how much it hurts, because it must learn to be accepted by each and every individual sooner or later.
The armed conflicts around the world impose suffering to the innocent individuals of our society. Why is that thousands of families have to mourn the lives that have been taken away simply for the materialistic aspect of money. To this day mankind seems to not have learned the lessons from the past and this ongoing cycle of terror will continue to torment our world as long as the trade of arms remains the most profit-making global industry. World War I, being one of the deadliest conflicts in history took the lives of millions people. This war was said to be the one that finalized all wars. However, in 1945 World War II became one of bloodiest wars in world history. Over 60 million lives were lost in battle, concentration camps and by the use of the first atomic weapon. World War I
War is one of the most dreadful matter in our world today. We have grown up watching news on wars on television channels and news. I am from a country called Bangladesh, where we fought for victory to save our country through a nine months bloody war. And, now we see all this war around different countries in news channels, and newspapers, killing of innocent people. War has nothing to do with killing innocent citizens of a country. The main purpose of war is to fight against one another to protect themselves, but instead of protecting they put the life of innocent people of their country in danger. In our history, we have already had two immense wars. These wars were the World Wars, simply because they involved most of the vast countries of the world, which made history.
History is filled with wars. Wars are one among the foremost attention grabbing, nevertheless the scariest, aspects of history. If there have been no wars, the globe would be terribly totally different. One will agree that we have a tendency to learn our mistakes from wars. However, history is understood for continuation itself. There for, there are continuously new problems and conflicts that result in wars. It’s a part of attribute to disagree most things for numerous reasons. After all, everyone seems to be totally different and have distinctive points of read some wars run off over land, whereas others occur to safeguard a nation’s respect and honor. Twentieth century is replete of the many major wars. However, one among the war that