"War is noting less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included," said Robert Hall. The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Under its standard gather violence, rage, malignity, fraud, perfidy, rapacity and lust. If is only slew man, it would do little. It turns man into a beast of prey.
In the words of Sydney Smith, "The greatest curse that can be entailed on mankind is a state of war. All the atrocious crimes committed in years of space, all that is spent in peace by the secret corruptions, or by the thoughtless extravagance of nations, are mere trifles compared with the gigantic evils which stalk over this world in state of war. God is forgotten in war; every principle of Christianity is trampled upon."
Commenting upon the modern warfare Sarder Patel once said, " Under the influence of the constructive and creative efforts of science, humanity settles down to the enjoyment of the fruits of civilization only to find civilized existence threatened by conflicts in which scientific genius on both sides in engaged in out-pacing each other in evolving more and more powerful engines of destruction. While scientific conscience consoled itself in finding an ideological cloak for this 'race in mutual slaughter' no amount of ideological justification could buttress this resort to primitive and baser instinct of man."
Life on earth for man has been a continuous and strenuous struggle for existence. In the earliest stages of evolution man had to struggle against the forces of nature, and perhaps then the necessity for man was to escape destruction at the hands of the stronger creatures. This undoubtedly was great incentive for man to use his brain to compensate has physical disadvantages. It was but natural for him to keep fighting for his sheer existence. When the civilization dawned on man's life perhaps the need for war became intenser than before. He had to fight not only against dangerous animals and reptiles but also against the cannibals belonging to his own race. When cannibalism was abroad "the man was wolf to man".
As civilization advanced the motives of war also became complicated. 'Might is right' became the principle of life. Possession of land, woman and wealth became the sole motive of war. Man utilized his increasing knowledge in the art of war. Exhibiting a glamour in the test of the field was the measure of manliness. Excellence in arms was the open passport to the privilege of the community. War became a profession and warfare became and art. And this art later on was developed with care in the modern atomic age it has reached the acme of its perfection and its destructive potentialities.
Before the discovery of the gun-powder. the sword and arrows were the chief weapons of war. Warfare at that time also was a grim and bloody affair,yet it had its ethics too. After the discovery of gun powder warfare became a more complicated affair. Still war had its frontiers and was strictly limited to the forces combating in the field. Death's in the field resulting from the use of gun powder were without any glamour of chivalry. It was the age of massacres. A touch of pathos was given to gun powder warfare, but the gun powder made massacre the very soul of the technique of war.
In the hands of napoleon war became almost and exact science and warfare became considerably scientific . He introduced the elements of swiftness and surprise in the art of war, and so warfare became a very very grim affair. In the twentieth century the discoveries and the inventions of science have made warfare an extremely grin and inhuman affair. These days if the siren hoots even for the testing of its mechanical working, the listeners get a blood-curdling shudder; so terrific is the horror of war hunting the mind of modern man. " In Atomic age Man is Wolf of Man-Ware has become a profession and Warfare an art." [Anonymous].
In the words of Sydney Smith, "The greatest curse that can be entailed on mankind is a state of war. All the atrocious crimes committed in years of space, all that is spent in peace by the secret corruptions, or by the thoughtless extravagance of nations, are mere trifles compared with the gigantic evils which stalk over this world in state of war. God is forgotten in war; every principle of Christianity is trampled upon."
Commenting upon the modern warfare Sarder Patel once said, " Under the influence of the constructive and creative efforts of science, humanity settles down to the enjoyment of the fruits of civilization only to find civilized existence threatened by conflicts in which scientific genius on both sides in engaged in out-pacing each other in evolving more and more powerful engines of destruction. While scientific conscience consoled itself in finding an ideological cloak for this 'race in mutual slaughter' no amount of ideological justification could buttress this resort to primitive and baser instinct of man."
Life on earth for man has been a continuous and strenuous struggle for existence. In the earliest stages of evolution man had to struggle against the forces of nature, and perhaps then the necessity for man was to escape destruction at the hands of the stronger creatures. This undoubtedly was great incentive for man to use his brain to compensate has physical disadvantages. It was but natural for him to keep fighting for his sheer existence. When the civilization dawned on man's life perhaps the need for war became intenser than before. He had to fight not only against dangerous animals and reptiles but also against the cannibals belonging to his own race. When cannibalism was abroad "the man was wolf to man".
As civilization advanced the motives of war also became complicated. 'Might is right' became the principle of life. Possession of land, woman and wealth became the sole motive of war. Man utilized his increasing knowledge in the art of war. Exhibiting a glamour in the test of the field was the measure of manliness. Excellence in arms was the open passport to the privilege of the community. War became a profession and warfare became and art. And this art later on was developed with care in the modern atomic age it has reached the acme of its perfection and its destructive potentialities.
Before the discovery of the gun-powder. the sword and arrows were the chief weapons of war. Warfare at that time also was a grim and bloody affair,yet it had its ethics too. After the discovery of gun powder warfare became a more complicated affair. Still war had its frontiers and was strictly limited to the forces combating in the field. Death's in the field resulting from the use of gun powder were without any glamour of chivalry. It was the age of massacres. A touch of pathos was given to gun powder warfare, but the gun powder made massacre the very soul of the technique of war.
In the hands of napoleon war became almost and exact science and warfare became considerably scientific . He introduced the elements of swiftness and surprise in the art of war, and so warfare became a very very grim affair. In the twentieth century the discoveries and the inventions of science have made warfare an extremely grin and inhuman affair. These days if the siren hoots even for the testing of its mechanical working, the listeners get a blood-curdling shudder; so terrific is the horror of war hunting the mind of modern man. " In Atomic age Man is Wolf of Man-Ware has become a profession and Warfare an art." [Anonymous].
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