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The Good Side of the Second American Civil War

It Could Happen Here

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War Is Hell

In the years before world war too, military planners all around the world realized that the bombing of cities by airplanes was going to be a major feature of the next war. The positive effects of war on mental health were first noticed by the great sociologist emile derkheim. Normal people with no military experience held up incredibly well under the horrors of conflict. Researchers documented a similar phenomenon during civil wars in spain, algerian, lebanon and northern germany where millions of teachers and electricians found themselves subjected to daily bombardment.

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