Peace Versus War Essay

A contend cannot achieve what peace can. The forces of peace can rule all over ignorance and superstition, over illiteracy and immorality, over dis residual and physical suffering, over poverty and political oppression. The conquests of peace are nonviolent and affinityless. They cause no grief to reality and do not damage life or property.War causes streams of blood and untold havoc. Only the victories of peace leave no maimed limbs or mutilated bodies, no ruined cities or scorched fields.Even a superficial glance at the course of the two world wars provide tell us that their victories were gained at an incalculable cost. The triumph of the First benignants War proved to be of a short duration. The victory itself sowed, in fact, the seeds of the Second World War.Who knows that the victory of World War- II may besides prove to be of an equally short duration and a trey global war may even now be in the offing. The victories of Peace, however, are everlasting. They do not rankle in the mind of all nation and their fruits are enjoyed by all population.The victorious in war exploits the conquered people. The example is the occupation of Ger many an(prenominal) and Japan by the forces of the allied countries. If the axis powers had win the war, they would have exploited the Allies in the same, if not in a worse way.Thus, victory in war is gained at a dangerous cost of life, and also implies the annexation and enslavement of many territories and the exploitation of many more(prenominal). The victories of peace, on the contrary, involve no butchery of human beings and are, besides, of value to the total world.Only peace social reforms. During war men are too busy in militaristic activities to think of social improvement. It is lone(prenominal) during peace that a literacy campaign can be started, that the standard of living of the wad can be raised, that better houses can be built for the poor, that more schools and colleges can be opened, that p risons can be reformed, that crime can be effectively checked. Even the proper working of democracy itself is possible only in times of peace.There can be no elections, no government of the people when a country is in the throes of war. Peace promotes democracy. In short, it is during peace that a general improvement is possible in cleanliness and decency, in refinement and taste, in habits and morals, in manners and speech. In peace, too, lies the opportunity for sports, for horse-racing, skiing, tennis, cricket, football and hockey tournaments and athletic contests of all kinds.It is often said in save of war that it brings out the best in man by creating opportunities for human beings to display their great powers of endurance, their courage, their capacity for self- sacrifice, their patriotism. This is true enough. In times of peace, people do tend to become lethargic and indolent. Too much ease begets idleness and an indifference to work. But to applaud war because it stimulat es men into employment would really be preposterous. So grim are the horrors of war and so devastating its effects that no defence of it on any solid ground whatsoever is possible.