The Fog of War

The Fog of War

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The Fog of War

The fog of war is a phrase that has been used as a metaphor to describe the complexity of military conflicts. The phrase fog of war means the confusion caused by chaos arising from war or battle. The term fog is a term that describes the meteorological feature that and serves as friction. Hence as said above it causes a confusion of preventing the army from being seen in time. Fog of war is more advantaged for evoking the opacity of the black powder battlefield. Thus, war is inherently volatile, ambiguous, uncertain and complex.

There are various leading causes of war which are going to be discussed here. War can be as a result of the environment. The man has the power to change the environment and as a result. The desire to change the environment may lead to war. Variations in the environment include political leaders, demand for development and many others hence this desires can lead to war. War can also arise from man’s freedom of choice because the choices that one make can lead to war. This, therefore, entirely depends on one’s moral issues. Therefore, the choices we make that can cause war are entirely our responsibility and reasons. The choices can be as a result of culture and reason. Conflicts in the cultural issues can lead to war among people. Also, different ways of reasoning can lead to war. People reason in a variety of ways and these differences can lead to war.

War had a great impact on industrialization. As a result of a war, there was more new machinery that was produced at a very faster rate than ever before which led to an increase in technology. These machinery included guns, choline gas. Flame throwers and many others. Also, many other weapons were improved during the period of war. With the more improved weapons, tactics were no more considered nor useful anymore because they were replaced by the use of the technologically advanced weapons that were more efficient than the tactics.

References

Blainey, G. ( 1988). Causes of War, 3rd Ed. Simon and Schuster.

Hardach, G. (1981). The First World War, 1914-1918. University of California Press.

Kevin M. Kruse, S. T. (2012). Fog of War: The Second World War and the Civil Rights Movement. Oxford University Press.