However it can 't be underestimated that no matter how violent and brutal the Civil War was it was ultimately “glorified by abolishing the curse of slavery”29. As a result violence is 'glorified ' in both these conflicts and without it, it can be suggested that the modern day would have been very different to how we see it today, as in order to be victorious, violence had to be fully utilised for full effect. The experience of War crimes and rape, violence was something that was shared in both the world wars and also previous conflicts in centuries prior. The 'Rape of Belgium ' that occurred in the opening months of the First World War was an insight to the violence that would unfold during this period. This event caused 6000 civilian deaths directly, including women and children 30 which is a very similar experience to what unfolded in the Siege of Jaffa during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which roughly 4000 prisoners were executed
However it can 't be underestimated that no matter how violent and brutal the Civil War was it was ultimately “glorified by abolishing the curse of slavery”29. As a result violence is 'glorified ' in both these conflicts and without it, it can be suggested that the modern day would have been very different to how we see it today, as in order to be victorious, violence had to be fully utilised for full effect. The experience of War crimes and rape, violence was something that was shared in both the world wars and also previous conflicts in centuries prior. The 'Rape of Belgium ' that occurred in the opening months of the First World War was an insight to the violence that would unfold during this period. This event caused 6000 civilian deaths directly, including women and children 30 which is a very similar experience to what unfolded in the Siege of Jaffa during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which roughly 4000 prisoners were executed