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We have all seen or read about the political and social upheavals caused by war. Some may have even experienced it first-hand. Throughout history war has had negative psychological implications on those effected. However, there is no greater negative impact of war than the psychological and emotional turmoil that it causes individual soldiers.

An American machine gunner, Charles Yale Harrison, says in his novel, Generals Die in Bed: “[War] take[s] everything from us: our lives, our blood, our hearts; even the few lousy hours of rest, they take those, too. Our job is to give, and theirs is to take,” (Harrison, 26). In this example, Harrison explains how war is the most selfish and strongest of all evils; war continues to take everything someone has until they have nothing left to take. The war also created long-term effects for soldiers; one being shell-shock. This term is used to describe the damage of constant loud shelling during war which greatly affected those who were not exposed to shelling frequently (Unnamed). Another term that is still used today is PTSD, (“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”), which is used to describe the effect war had on the soldiers afterward (Unnamed). World War I brought major psychological disorders upon the soldiers during and after the war had ended leading to great damage for the rest of the victim’s

Throughout history, war between man has been nearly inevitable. The impact of war has always been devastating on all aspects. However, loss in war is mostly seen within the loss of land, wealth and the numbers of lives lost. There are few accounts of the true losses felt from war, the loss felt by the survivors and the true cost of human life. In the excerpt from All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, illustrates the impact on human life and question what the cost of human life was impacted. While Vera Brittain memoir of Memory and Battlefield Tourism, recounts her pain felt as a survivor. The cost of war is not only a calculated number, it has a long-lasting effect on the survivors.

We all, as a people who have not seen the real war, are left in a state of confusion and uncertainty, when it comes to think about the war times, without real information and impressions of the combatants. Of course, looking from the bigger frame, there is no any event that had demolished the valuable heritage of humankind. But if we get closer, “we cannot, indeed, imagine our own death; whenever we try to do so we find that we survive ourselves as spectators”. People often try to imagine a war, in which 18 years olds had been killed mercilessly for the sake of their land, mothers of the soldiers lost the piece of their hearts and women had waited for their beloved ones even if they knew that they will not come. We are the people who did not

Invisible wounds of war are psychological and cognitive injuries; a deep scar that others cannot see or feel their pain. According to Pryce, Pryce, and Shackelford (2012), War produces undetectable injuries, and the present wars bear this out. The mark undetectable injuries connected with the present clashes require huge and frequently long haul treatment and rearrangement and reintegration of the war veteran to society (pg.11). Within

After a soldier comes home from war, it physically excludes the needs and want of the human. For

Not many people in society can empathize with those who have been in a war and have experienced war firsthand. Society is unaware that many individuals are taken away from their families to risk their lives serving in the war. Because of this, families are left to wonder if they will ever get to see their sons and daughters again. In a war, young men are taken away from their loved ones without a promise that they will get to see them again. The survivors come back with frightening memories of their traumatic experiences. Although some would argue that war affects families the most, authors, Tim O’Brien and Kenneth W. Bagby are able to convey the idea that war can negatively impact one’s self by causing this person long lasting emotional

Nine million men and women were dead and they had become irrelevant. Though the death toll was high the number of wounded soldiers was even higher, men without limbs, and men were surviving gross wounds throughout the streets of Europe. Not only did they suffer from physical wounds they also suffered from shell shock and psychological conditions that affected many soldiers later in their lives when trying to find normal jobs after the war. “The Physical destruction of land and property was unprecedented. Trench warfare wrecked vast area of northern France.

Eastridge, B. J. et al. (2012). Death on the battlefield (2001-2011): implications for the future of

War can cause man psychological issues to children. War in and of itself can bring along long lasting lingering psychological stress and trauma to children as well as alter these children’s states of mind over a long period of time. War itself as a whole places a massive quantity of pressure and stress on individuals in general, both child and adults alike, but children in particular are more easily susceptible to these effect to a much larger scale and degree. This then deepens even more as certain age ranges of children are more susceptible and impressionable to the everlasting effects and influences of war’s existence as

War is seen as an event that affects diplomatic relations, homes, and the economy negatively. However, the effects war has had on the environment are overlooked. The environment has been a casualty of war and armed conflict. From the contamination of land and the destruction of forests to the plunder of natural resources, the environmental consequences of war are often widespread and devastating (Ki-moon, 2014). People learn about wars and concern themselves with the number of human deaths and the length of the war. Yet, the war and its effects do not stop once the weapons are put away. War and armed conflict cause damage to the environment and the organisms that inhabit it, even once the war is over. In this paper we will be discussing the

War is controversial, unfortunate, and certainly misunderstood; it is a transforming agent, a catalyst for change. Nonetheless, many people focus on war's negative consequences, while positive effects are downplayed. War is a necessary evil in the sense that it stabilizes population, encourages technological advances, and has a very high economic value. Without war, the overpopulation of the human race is inevitable. It is this reason that war is a useful tool by not only Mother Nature, but also humans themselves to institute population control.

One of the inevitable themes of war that makes it dreary is death. Explosives are frequently launched and civilians, including children, are often caught in the way and killed. Infrastructure collapses and then plagues and illnesses that are usually treatable run rampant often infecting and killing children due to their undeveloped immune systems being incapable of fending off such bacterial and viral infections. Death is arguably the most painful part of war yet it in unavoidable and those whose family it strikes must continue to move if they want to live themselves, creating painful early memories that impact children later down the road.

throughout History, a major tragedy caused the world to become chaotic, which lead to millions of brave individuals to lose their life. This horrific tragedy, World War 1 (the Great War), was the beginning of a long terrible journey. Many strong and mighty men volunteered to join the War with the persuasion of being “Hero’s”. These men did not realize the terror they would face when walking into this journey. Many soldiers were faced with seeing their fellow soldiers ' cold-blood drip from their aching bodies, their loving eyes becoming raged with anger by the conditions of their sleeping arrangements, and their hopes of ever returning home or being a “normal” human-being was wiped clean. This was the beginning of a major change in the lives of all individuals throughout the world.

Loss of life and health – war victims needed to be comforted and helped with re-building their lives