"The 20th century has been dominated by the machine gun,
the tank, the B-52 bomber, the nuclear bomb and, finally,
the missile. It has been distinguished by the bloodiest and
most destructive wars than those of any other time." So
said History professor Hugh Thomas and he certainly knew
what he was talking about. Since the beginning of the
century, men have been at war for different reasons that to
me do not justify the aftermath of war. Negative effects on
soldiers, suffering children and affected countries are part
of the aftermath that makes war a horrible and unfair thing.
All the soldiers involved actively in any war come home
with negative effects. The mental health of these men is
affected because of the strains, tensions and the "kill or be
killed" mentality of the battlefield. Many of them have
physical ailments as a result of the injuries received in battle
or the exposure to biological weapons that tamper with the
many systems of the body. The......
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