Effects of war

Introduction

This paper will be discussing the effects of war on an economy as well as in the media. War is one of the most prevalent things that can occur to a society, having lasting impacts on its citizens. Many times there is controversy within the nation as to whether or not a country should get involved in a war.

When war is imminent for a society to get involved in, sides can often be taken by its citizens who have definite opinions about the issue. Many take a strong stance in support of the military and in them being sent to the scene to fight. These people may have family members in the military or have been in the service themselves (Chalmers, 54). There are also those who feel that the country should stay neutral regarding other country's affairs or are strongly opposed to violence.

The War and Its Effects on the Economy

The effects of war have always bad affects on the economy. The war itself is an economic activity. Require large investments, a highly labor intensive, high-tech industries, long-term financing. The war is not improvised, but needs a plan that involves specialized economic management and material resources as gigantic as a firm is the will to win (William, 12).

War is a permanent spill, leakage of resources to the destruction, which is in it significant left to go to destinations that have to do with the real human needs. The war has costs that are linked to explicit destruction, obtaining weapons and all that is necessary to carry out and also from new production conditions it creates. But also carries implicit cost economists call opportunity costs that are equivalent to the waiver alternative achieve other objectives. Like it or not, what we spend in preparing for war or make it, we cannot dedicate it to build peace and to meet our needs (Chalmers, 56).

In fact, what happens today is that war is not only the conventional confrontation of the past but continued structural violence. Not only is carried out through the disciplined battalions of national armies but involving almost entire cities (William, 14). It is from this point of view that economic relations are becoming too new dimension in their relationship with war. (Chalmers, 58). Economic conditions are established by the most powerful ones that cause the painful inequity, unnecessary suffering, terrible and unfair asymmetries that arouse hatred and thirst for rescue, that trigger the craving for revenge and with it the violence (Martin, 98).

Some points that supports war is that the war is not a period of massive destruction of lives and physical infrastructure. It is also a period of general stupor of thought. Suddenly, the State and politicians acquire an aura of grandeur and glory as defenders of our freedom and our security guards, and it would go along with them and contain criticism. The Nation (ours, with a capital N) is adorned suddenly superhuman qualities, while the enemy is reduced to the status of wild animal to be ...