Evaluation:
Published: 06.12.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'War Poets and the Old Lie of War', 1.
  • Essays 'War Poets and the Old Lie of War', 2.
Extract

War is a state of widespread conflict between states, organisations, or relatively large groups of people, which is characterised by the use of violent, physical force between combatants or upon civilians. Other terms for war, which often serve as euphemisms, include armed conflict, and hostilities. War is contrasted with peace, which is usually defined as the absence of war. World War I or the War to End All Wars was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. "The Great War", as they commonly call it, blighted the souls of nearly nine million worldwide.…

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