The Full Effects of War

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War is one thing that we all know is a necessary evil. The United States has been involved in many wars since being founded in the late 1700’s. There are many reasons that the United States has been involved in, or is currently involved in wars. Although war is not always a popular thing to become a part of, the full effects of the war are not always known and may never be known as long as the United States is a country. Stephen Crane tells us that there are many effects of war in his poem “War is Kind”. From that it can be derived that physical, mental, family, etc are all effects of war needing to be monitored. All of these effects are causing hardships among the people that are coming home from these battles either directly or indirectly. The full effects of any war are never known and are something that is going to need further investigation to allow professionals such as mental and physical health doctors to provide soldiers with the help they so greatly deserve. To begin with, the easiest point of discussion is one of the physical effects of war. We all know that there are many physical effects of war, recently on Extreme Makeover – Home Edition, Ty Pennington and his crew rebuilt a soldiers family home mainly for one reason – he came home physically handicapped fighting for our country in one of the current wars. Stephen Crane states in his poem “Do not weep maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky” (686). Quite simply, one horrible physical effect of war is death. Crane perpetuates this by stating “Because your father… Raged at his breast, gulped and died (686). Further, there are other physical effects that beg for the support of the individuals throughout the states, a few of these ma... ... middle of paper ... ...://www.militaryconnections.com/news_story.cfm?textnewsid=902>. MacKenzie, Deborah. "Mental effects of war delayed for months." New Scientist. NewScientis Health, 14 11 2007. Web. 12 Apr 2011. . Reece, Beth. "Invisible Wounds of War." Soldiers (2005): 1. Ebsco Host. Web. 12 Apr 2011. "Should we start shaming our troops?." Daily Paul, 27 03 2011. Web. 12 Apr 2011. ./dailypaul.com/160515 Smeeding, Sandra J.W., et al. "Outcome Evaluation of the Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Integrative Health Clinic for Chronic Pain and Stress-Related Depression, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." Journal of Alternative and Compementary Medicine 16.8 08 11 2010. 823 - 825. Ebsco Host. Web. 12 Apr 2011.

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