With the Great War of the world being over for quite a few years now, it is becoming clear what the war has done to society. Even with this clarity, so much remains a mystery, as the world after the war has been a very changed one. In the seven years since the war has ended, the world has undergone massive instability in so many ways. On top of that instability, the war killed many people and injured so many more which has had devastating effects on society as a whole. It is ridiculous that the war even happened in the first place and I think that it showed everyone how unstable current day international and domestic relations really are. The whole notion of war and the tactics used in this war prove to be very outdated and primitive.
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Around 16 million people died as a result of this war, and that doesn’t include the millions of others who were wounded. In France, about half the male population between ages 15 and 30 were killed in the war (Dunn and Mitchell 721). No one can argue that those are are small numbers, but I don’t think many people truly understand how much effect each and every one of those deaths or injuries plays in so many people 's lives. Think of it this way, if a family member died in your household you, and many others would be devastated. The dynamic of the family would change drastically and you would have to go on with your life without that person. In most cases in the Great War, the one who died was a breadwinner for the family which leaves their families to fend for themselves. Just one death can throw off the lives of so many. Now imagine ten deaths. That directly affects at least ten more families. Now imagine 100, 1000, 16 million. Those are all people, people who didn’t need to die. On top of that, so many others were injured or suffered from significant emotional trauma making their homecoming and their lives after difficult for not only them but their families and
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Around 16 million people died as a result of this war, and that doesn’t include the millions of others who were wounded. In France, about half the male population between ages 15 and 30 were killed in the war (Dunn and Mitchell 721). No one can argue that those are are small numbers, but I don’t think many people truly understand how much effect each and every one of those deaths or injuries plays in so many people 's lives. Think of it this way, if a family member died in your household you, and many others would be devastated. The dynamic of the family would change drastically and you would have to go on with your life without that person. In most cases in the Great War, the one who died was a breadwinner for the family which leaves their families to fend for themselves. Just one death can throw off the lives of so many. Now imagine ten deaths. That directly affects at least ten more families. Now imagine 100, 1000, 16 million. Those are all people, people who didn’t need to die. On top of that, so many others were injured or suffered from significant emotional trauma making their homecoming and their lives after difficult for not only them but their families and