War

Definition of War It can be very difficult to define things that seem obvious. One of such things is war. What is war? Each historical period has added a new meaning to that word, but the essence of it still remained the same. War is always associated with terror, cruelty and unhappiness. Wars can be private or public, civil or national, offensive or defensive. Most dictionaries would give a pretty good definition of war. According …showed first 75 words of 278 total…

…showed last 75 words of 278 total…Armed conflict between states or factions within a state" pretty well defines war. If you try to have the definition include what the attacker hopes to accomplish, you run into trouble. Many things can motivate warring. If each person can look up the word “war” in the dictionary, why are there so many opinions on what war actually is? Does one necessarily need to experience it in order to find out the meaning of it?