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| [[Image:A Child at Gunpoint of the Stroop Report.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[A Child at Gunpoint]]'' ([[1943]]) from the ''[[Stroop Report]]'']] | [[Image:A Child at Gunpoint of the Stroop Report.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[A Child at Gunpoint]]'' ([[1943]]) from the ''[[Stroop Report]]'']] | ||
| - | [[Image:Callot, miseries of war.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Miseries and Disasters of War]]'' ([[1633]]) by [[Jacques Callot]] | ||
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| - | <small>With the 16th century ''[[The Miseries and Disasters of War]]'', French 17th artist [[Jacques Callot]] anticipated [[Goya]]'s ''[[Disasters of War]]'', both of them criticizing the [[horrors of war]] in their art</small>]] | ||
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| - | | style="text-align: left;" | "It is [[forbidden]] to [[kill]]; therefore all murderers are [[Punishment |punished]] unless they [[mass murder|kill in large numbers]] and to the sound of [[trumpet]]s" --Voltaire [[It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets |[...]]] | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
| + | "It is [[forbidden]] to [[kill]]; therefore all murderers are [[Punishment |punished]] unless they [[mass murder|kill in large numbers]] and to the sound of [[trumpet]]s" --Voltaire [[It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets |[...]]] | ||
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| "[[War is the continuation of politics by other means]]" --[[Carl von Clausewitz]] in ''[[On War]]'' (1832) | "[[War is the continuation of politics by other means]]" --[[Carl von Clausewitz]] in ''[[On War]]'' (1832) | ||
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| + | "The [[putrid]] flesh, like the flesh of fishes, gleamed greenish-white through the rents in the uniform. I turned away and then started back in horror: close to me a figure cowered beside a tree. It wore the shining straps and belt of the French, and high upon its back there was still the loaded pack, crowned with a round cooking utensil. Empty eye-sockets and the few wisps of hair on the black and weathered skull told me that this was no living man." --''[[Storm of Steel]]'' (1920) by Ernst Jünger | ||
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| + | [[Image:His Best Customer (Winsor McCay).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[His Best Customer]]'' (1917), [[political cartoon]] by Winsor McCay]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Callot, miseries of war.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Miseries and Disasters of War]]'' (1633) by Jacques Callot]] | ||
| [[Image:D-Day.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[D-Day]]'' (1944) | [[Image:D-Day.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[D-Day]]'' (1944) | ||
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| [[Image:Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 023.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Third of May 1808]]'' ([[1814]]) by [[Francisco de Goya]]]] | [[Image:Francisco de Goya y Lucientes 023.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Third of May 1808]]'' ([[1814]]) by [[Francisco de Goya]]]] | ||
| - | + | [[Image:Latest War Map of Europe as Seen through French Eyes.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Latest War Map of Europe as Seen through French Eyes]]]] | |
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| '''War''' is an organised and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by [[State (polity)|states]] or [[non-state actors]]. It is generally characterised by extreme [[violence]], [[Society|social]] disruption, and economic destruction. | '''War''' is an organised and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by [[State (polity)|states]] or [[non-state actors]]. It is generally characterised by extreme [[violence]], [[Society|social]] disruption, and economic destruction. | ||
| == Namesakes == | == Namesakes == | ||
| - | * [[War (band)]], a 1970s funk band | + | * [[War (American band)]], a 1970s funk band |
| *''[[The War Game]]'', a 1965 television film on nuclear war by Peter Watkins | *''[[The War Game]]'', a 1965 television film on nuclear war by Peter Watkins | ||
| *''[[Krieg dem Kriege]]'' (1924) by Ernst Friedrich | *''[[Krieg dem Kriege]]'' (1924) by Ernst Friedrich | ||
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| == See also== | == See also== | ||
| *[[Anti-war]] | *[[Anti-war]] | ||
| + | **[[List of books with anti-war themes]] | ||
| *The [[art of war]] | *The [[art of war]] | ||
| *[[Cannon fodder]] | *[[Cannon fodder]] | ||
| + | *[[Flashpoint (politics)]] | ||
| *[[Military-industrial complex]] | *[[Military-industrial complex]] | ||
| *[[World War I]] | *[[World War I]] | ||
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"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets" --Voltaire [...] "War is the continuation of politics by other means" --Carl von Clausewitz in On War (1832) "The putrid flesh, like the flesh of fishes, gleamed greenish-white through the rents in the uniform. I turned away and then started back in horror: close to me a figure cowered beside a tree. It wore the shining straps and belt of the French, and high upon its back there was still the loaded pack, crowned with a round cooking utensil. Empty eye-sockets and the few wisps of hair on the black and weathered skull told me that this was no living man." --Storm of Steel (1920) by Ernst Jünger |
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War is an organised and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterised by extreme violence, social disruption, and economic destruction.
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Namesakes
- War (American band), a 1970s funk band
- The War Game, a 1965 television film on nuclear war by Peter Watkins
- Krieg dem Kriege (1924) by Ernst Friedrich
- Style war
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See also
- Anti-war
- The art of war
- Cannon fodder
- Flashpoint (politics)
- Military-industrial complex
- World War I
- World War II
- World War III
- War of the sexes
- War on Drugs
- Terrorism
- The origin of war
- War crime
- Wartime sexual violence
- War reparations
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Namesakes
- Pure War by Virilio
- The Miseries and Disasters of War by Callot
- Bunker Archeology: Texts and Photos by Virilio
- The Disasters of War by Goya
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