War Promotes Nation Building

War Promotes Nation Building

War can promote nation building in various aspects. Politically, war

can modernize the political system of a country; economically, war can

encourage a huge number of industrial developments of a country;

morally, war can destroy the evil ideas of the world. For the propose

of this assignment, the following definition of nation building is

provided: Nation building is the development or modernization of a

country in political, economical, and/or social aspect(s).

First of all, war can modernize the political system of a country.

When a country was defeated in a territory, the regime would be

replaced by another regime with a different form of government, and a

different kind of political system. For instance, after the World War

II (WW II), the Germany had turned from a dictatorship to a democracy.

Japan had also become a democracy, while the mainland China became a

communist. On the other hand, attack by foreigners can promote

nationalism. Taking the period of the French Revolution as an example,

while Napoleon built up a large army in Europe and conquered other

countries, the Europeans was then turned to nationalism. The Europeans

began to strengthen their countries, both in political and economical

structure. These encouraged growth in their countries. China is

another example, during the WWII, when China conquered by foreigners,

the Chinese came together and fought against the invaders. Since then,

the Chinese had built up a more powerful and modernized country. Since

conflicts between nations make native to build up, modernize and

improve their nations, including the political system. As a result,

war promotes nation building.

Economically, war can encourage the economic development of a nation.

It is because war requires a huge number of government expenses for

the army. For example, the wages for soldiers, the expenses for

modernize the equipment and strengthen the army. These force the

monarch or government of the nation to increase the income of the

government first.