What Is The Byproduct Of War?

There is no doubt that war is evil in every way. It is full of hatred and conflict and nothing comes out of it. It brings death, destruction, and the worst out of people. In a pacifistic yet desperate tone, Dalton Trumbo promotes anti-war ideals by explaining the life of a young soldier after he got affected by war in his novel Johnny Got His Gun. While some individuals’ point of view match with Trumbo’s, others may disagree with his reasoning. The controversial issue of the acceptance of war is talked about everybody, even popular artists. Some singers express their opinions on war via their songs, like George H. Cohan in his song “Over There (Johnny, Get Your Gun)”, and the band Metallica with their song “One”. Each sends different messages depending on the setting, their music’s genre, and diction used in the making of the lyrics.

Protest poems and songs are, and have been throughout history, an effective medium of expressing their composer’s concerns or protests to a wide audience. The main themes behind each of these creative media are influenced heavily by the context in which they were created and focus on the composer’s opinions about controversial issues of that time. Poet Bruce Dawe, through his poem ‘homecoming’ and singer-songwriter Barry Maguire, through his song ‘Eve of destruction’ were able to explore and express their similar concerns about the harsh and dehumanising aspects of war and the effects on society, with Maguire focussing on the ignorance of society toward the detrimental effects of war and Dawe reflecting on emotional trauma experienced by those who lost love ones to the brutality of war.

During the 1960s Music was heavily influenced by the political and social events happening at the time. At this time civil rights movements were common as many people were trying to spread the emancipation of racism and segregation. As a result the music of the time tended to reflect this counterculture of peace. This “culture” encompassed civil rights, anti-establishment and, inciting revolution. This was a vital time in history for civil rights activists as well as anti-war revolutionaries and the music industry. From folk music to rock music, everyone was affected by the war and chose to express it through the most international form of art, music. Anti-war activists and counterculture enthusiast craved the music that truly expressed

The first song I will examine is the folk-rock hit, “The Universal Soldier.” Carrying a somber yet avant-garde timber carried by a charismatic rhythm, Buffy wrote this song with the intent of creating a dialogue surrounding the absurdity of war and to deepen the responsibility of conflicts which we too often hide from, “It’s about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all” - Buffy St Marie. During the 1960’s “Universal Soldier” became an anthem for the activist movement against the Vietnam war. As the title suggests, the song declines to commend a particular group. Rather, it applies to all the soldiers worldwide– to the universal soldier. Because, no matter the time or place he is the one who will risk his life and subject himself to the ubiquitous barbarism of war. The soldier can be of any religion, of

Looking back over the topics I have come to the decision of going over anti-war artist/song. A song came to mind that stuck out to me, “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath. It was originally focused on witches in the earlier stages but while playing on an Air Force Base and hearing a few war stories it changed everything (Johnson, M.P. 2012). The band criticized the rich and powerful that send poor kids to war.

Over the years, the wars throughout history have provided magical but traumatic contributions to art forms of all types. From the writings of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five", to the poetry of Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen, they have influenced many of the modern forms of art that we see and study today. These works have been deconstructed and analysed in many different ways, but the work of Brooke and Owen continue to be controversial due to the subject matter. Commonly, popular poets and artists stray away from the topics of death and tragedy, but Brooke and Owen confront it in a realistic, in-your-face fashion. Some of the key differences between these two unique poets is the way that they approach the subjects of war-related death

An artist's job is to interpret, and express the aspects of life in a creative fashion. War has played a big part in shaping our human history, and many artists have portrayed their feelings about art through paintings, and even monuments. Whether it be to show; the joy of victory, the sorrow of defeat, or to educate the public on the gory realities of war. Art about war can also show us a great amount of history of the kinds of weapons that were used at the time. It is necessary for artists to interpret, and criticize all aspects of life; even ones as tragic as war, It can make the public more aware of what goes on in times of war.

The effects of war on young people lead to the regression of humanity. This statement will be proved by referring to the novel by Eric Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, poems from Wilfred Owen, Anthem of the Doomed Youth,, “To any dead officer”, “They” as well as Christ and the soldier by Siegfried Sassoon, music lyrics from Roger Whittaker’s I Don't Believe In If Anymore, art pieces like Mealtime and Feeling wounded by Otto Dix and Egon Schiele’s portrait of Reserve Lieutenant Heinrich Wagner and portrait of an Officer. When referring to the above mentioned genres we will be focusing on the dehumanisation, demoralisation and disillusionment of war that leads to the regression of humanity.

How did the war create an opportunity to create social change, and how did the reaction to women in wartime manufacturing affect the social standards of women in the workplace?

“The Cause of War” is a book written by Australian author Geoffrey Blainey. The book is a collection of studies from wars since 1700’s and it analysis the relation of rivaling nations. The book is divided in four parts it starts discussing the weakness behind the current theories of peace, it then moves to talk the “ingredients” which are key for a nation to determine whether they will go to war or not. Third part of the group is about some misleading theories of war, and the last part just deals with the variety of war.

The first report I looked at comes from the Toronto Star, a Canadian news media. The first thing that comes across to me is the title, it included the name of the US president and mentioned how Trump is has lived up to his word so far in regards to his comment that he'd bomb Daesh. An important difference I noticed was the mentioning of the US soldier killed in action earlier that week and connecting it to the bombing. The Canadian news media reported that "37-year-old Mark Alencar, a Special Forces soldier [was] killed in counter-Daesh operations in the same providence" (Toronto Star, April 14, 2017). Out of four reports that I choose to analysis, only two mentioned the fall of the soldier, Canadian and US news media. This shows two

The purpose of this essay is to inform on the similarities and differences between systemic and domestic causes of war. According to World Politics by Jeffry Frieden, David Lake, and Kenneth Schultz, systemic causes deal with states that are unitary actors and their interactions with one another. It can deal with a state’s position within international organizations and also their relationships with other states. In contract, domestic causes of war pertain specifically to what goes on internally and factors within a state that may lead to war. Wars that occur between two or more states due to systemic and domestic causes are referred to as interstate wars.

A primary differentiation between James Longstreet and Joshua Chamberlain is their incompatible perspectives on the morale of the war, ultimately leading the reader to ascertain the cause of the Confederacy’s defeat at Gettysburg. As a Northern general, who believed that slavery could not co-exist in a county committed to the proposition that all men are considered equal, Chamberlain believed the war is fought to determine the value and freedom of all men. Viewed as essentially aberrant property throughout the South, Chamberlain, unlike other Southern officers, comprehends the complexities of human rights and the defective definition of man imposed upon the Constitution, promoting

“The Tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst” wise words from Henry Fosdick. When it comes down to the time where an individual hits rock bottom, a man either do its best or do its worst. Although, Man can do its best and do its worst at the same time. There are many reasons how man’s best can result to man’s worst. Henry Fosdick statement is both true and false.

Before hearing this lecture, I had no concept of the types of music in concentration camps, much less a sense of the music within World War II. The lecture taught me how music and the arts are something that can’t ever be stopped. Even though it’s not mandatory for human life or a lucrative career it has permanently etched a place inside of culture and the continuation of history.