Analysis Of Barbara Ehrenreich's The Ecstasy Of War

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In the essay “The Ecstasy of War”, Barbara Ehrenreich (1997) states the transformation from ordinary people to warriors instead of aggressive instinct can persuade men to prevail in war. Generally, the wars are risky means which designed to secure the people’s interests. Sometimes, the aggressive impulses can make a great contribution to the actual battle. But the war-like calmness, as well as the unwavering aiming and fire ability, is the key to take advantages in modern warfare. Actually, fighting is only a simple component of war and it cannot control the whole war. Moreover, the war needs adequate preparation to “training, the organization of supplies, marching and other forms of transport”. Warlike instinct is irrelevant to “complicated,

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