War does different things to different people. Depends on the situation and your experiences both during and in the aftermath. Families uprooted and forced to flee hundreds of miles to escape persecution. Entire societies built upon the anticipation of the next wave of artillery.
In some ways how you cope afterwards is just as, if not more powerful. War is war, but trying to make the adjustment back to "civil" society can be hard. A friend of mine's dad was in Vietnam, and only now has he come to terms with the whole experience and can live largely free of the demons that haunt him.
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