The Best War Ever

True Or False? Quick, what is your favorite war? If you are anything like the American masses, you are likely to say World War II. During wartime America was considered to be at its prime. America industry was booming, American soldiers were the strongest on the planet, and the nation was united as a well-integrated family. These images, which were also glamorized by Hollywood and the media, provoked people to develop a positive view of …

…a good war with a purpose, I now realize everything was not perfectly tied up in a neat little bow. Americans had the advantage of being spared the knowledge of the bloodshed because they never saw the battlefront or left the safety of the states. As a result our views of World War II have been reinvented. Maybe next time I am questioned on my favorite war, I can think before answering World War II.