Lesson from war and peace

People have seen the devastating war scenario and its impact and how does it paralyse the world economy. The mobilizing of science and technology with devastating weapons massacre civilian life and other crises too.  The leading examples were World War I and World War II.

How man-made have punctuated human history from war to disease to climate change?  Recently the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war is another set of examples.  It is important to sense the urgency, and can we learn from these experiences of war? 

The basic problem is that can we avoid the battlefront?  There should be a scope of how to handle the crisis and helped to win a war without any muscle power!  Across the world, developed and developing countries should come into the fore to find a long-lasting solution.  Yes, we cannot invite again World War III.  India is the largest democracy in the world and can play a decisive role to uphold the base of humanity and putting an end to this ongoing warfare. 

One should know the exposure of bombing exposure has a long-term effect. During 1965-1975 when the United States [US] air force bombing on Vietnam, and Vietnam people, the situation was devastating, and the disability rates are continued even after so many years!

War is devastating! Its adverse effects on the nutritional environment and human capital attainment.  The findings underpin the consequences of war leading to food security, inadequate health and proper rehabilitation services for people in conflict-affected zones.  We should understand wars and armed conflicts are detrimental to the development of nations.

We cannot live in constant fear and hate and the impact of war, the ways in which people and nations behave are terrible.  The utmost duty is to encourage hope and cooperation among people and nations.

Lasting impact

War also has long-lasting impacts on the health of survivors and of people born after the war ends.  It inflicts injury and trauma through direct exposure to violence and weapons.  Yes, it is obvious that the war resulted in the depletion of health care infrastructure and services; the reduction of arable land and nutrition; disruption to education and livelihoods and contamination of the environment.

Perceptibly, wars place pressures on public resources toward economic and military reconstruction rather than the rebuilding of health systems.  Exposure to biological and chemical agents of warfare can cause delayed and inter-generational health effects.  Poor conditions experienced during pregnancy and early childhood may have irreversible consequences on health.  

One should understand that exposure to armed conflict in childhood has also been linked to long-lasting detrimental effects on mental health, self-rated health satisfaction, BMI, and chronic health conditions such as stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. 

The pertinent question is whether the war victim nation can overcome as a self-sufficient economy and respect health also? 

According to World Health Organization & World Bank, approximately 15% of the world’s population, more than a billion people, are estimated to be living with a disability.  

As per Ghoboarah et al. (2003) estimate the long-term effects of civil war on disability. 

Ghobarah, Huth & Russert, 2003 avers conflict gives rise to a range of conditions that increase the risk of disease and injury whose longer-term consequences are exacerbated by other macro-level influences of conflict on public health. 

According to researchers, “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers” that based on the history of overextended great powers. 

No doubt, the destruction and deterioration of healthcare infrastructure and services due to bombing could hasten the sequela of injuries and health conditions into long-term impairments and disability.  Economic difficulties and limited investments in public health infrastructure are also a matter of concern.

The war encompasses malnutrition, poor living conditions and affects physical and mental health conditions, which has a long-term impression and can understand in the later stage of life.

The prosperity of any nation depends on clarity based on historical experience and lessons, understanding the reality of the international strategies and grasping the trends for the future. 

Conclusion 

We in turn fuse insights from the general model with specific lessons from these examples to develop a general framework for decision-making around these issues.  It is evident that intense and sustained aerial bombing led to long-term effects on the poor nutritional environment, human capital depletion and low-quality public healthcare and economic growth and welfare. 

In World War II research efforts including a storied component of it, the Manhattan Project has become the canonical reference for crisis innovation policy and sometimes even non-crisis innovation policy, including problems as varied as artificial intelligence [House Armed Services Committee 2020] and clean energy development [Alexander 2008].  

The largest military conflicts in human history were in World War I & II and people had witnessed political and economic instability across the world.  Estimated deaths range from 50-80 million. 38 to 55 million civilians were killed, including 13 to 20 million from war-related disease and famine.

There are a lot of challenges more broadly, including tackling slower-moving calamities like climate change, or long-standing problems like poverty or degenerative diseases.  It was out of place to mention that America nuking over Japan with an atomic bomb. 

At this juncture, it is important for scholars and policymakers should bring out a template of a wartime model to avoid the crisis not only win the war but also transformed civilian life.  Also, to see how it can be useful to solve crisis problems.  We do not want WW III anymore, rather than our focus on peace-loving people and aspirations for a better life.  And, in cooperation with other nations, we should foster capital investment in areas needing development. 

World War I and World War II remain the two greatest military conflicts of modern times. All the foreign policymakers across the world should have discussions on how to draw a lesson from the outbreak of war. The moot of the discussion should be based on historical experience and lessons, understanding the reality of the international strategies and grasping the trends for the future. 

However, for the new generation, ideology played a crucial role as well. It is one thing to say that one’s nation and race are superior, but quite a more meaningful thing to say that one’s way of life is more useful.  The main motto is to plan for a better world in peace and encourage hope and cooperation and reduce fear and hate. 

According to H G Wells “If we don’t end the war, war will end us.” We should learn from lessons, especially the causes and outcomes and let every country respect the existence of others.