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- Throughout
human life war has been known to man, becoming what was once vivid and
real in a person's mind, to mere pictures or drawings, and even stories told
throughout the generations. War is thought of being romantic, but
that soon ends once a person actually kills someone and sees their
friends and family
being killed, the thought of war turns to cold, hard, and basic
hell.
Mankind has lived through so many wars and yet I am only going to talk
about five major ones each of them making America the country it is
today. Beginning with
the
American Revolution, the Civil War, World War 1, and ending with World
War 2, after that I have a page dedicated to a novel which has
often been referred to as a "guideline for war" Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince.
- War
is defined by Webster's dictionary as a state of open,
armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or
parties. Countries fight war for many different reasons some for
independence as in the American Revolution, some for the right to
secede from the government as in the Civil War, others for the
alliances and treaties as in World
War 1, and for world domination as in World War 2. The Prince is
a novel that has been used for many centuries as a guideline for war,
to acquiring and maintain political power.
- On Veteran's Day I came
across an excellent article in NewsWeek about "The
Wages of War". A quote in that article that has stuck with me is,
"Old soldiers have always
led America. They've shown us how to love our country, revere our
military and honor our war dead."
- At the bottom of
this page is the
link to the NewsWeek article if you so wish to read it. With all
this said, I would like to welcome you to my web site and you can begin
to search
through it by clicking on the buttons at the top.
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