Effects of war

Disability-adjusted life year for war per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004[1]
  no data
  less than 100
  100–200
  200–600
  600–1000
  1000–1400
  1400–1800
  1800–2200
  2200–2600
  2600–3000
  3000–8000
  8000–8800
  more than 8800

The effects of war are widely spread and can be long-term or short-term.[2] Soldiers experience war differently than civilians. Although both suffer in times of war, women and children suffer atrocities in particular. In the past decade, up to two million of those killed in armed conflicts were children.[2] The widespread trauma caused by these atrocities and suffering of the civilian population is another legacy of these conflicts, the following creates extensive emotional and psychological stress.[3] Present-day internal wars generally take a larger toll on civilians than state wars. This is due to the increasing trend where combatants have made targeting civilians a strategic objective.[2] A state conflict is an armed conflict that occurs with the use of armed force between two parties, of which one is the government of a state.[4] "The three problems posed by state conflict are the willingness of UN members, particularly the strongest member, to intervene; the structural ability of the UN to respond; and whether the traditional principles of peacekeeping should be applied to intra‐state conflict".[5] Effects of war also include mass destruction of cities and have long lasting effects on a country's economy.[6] Armed conflict has important indirect negative consequences on infrastructure, public health provision, and social order.[7]

  1. ^ "Mortality and Burden of Disease Estimates for WHO Member States in 2004!". World Health Organization.
  2. ^ a b c "Armed Conflict" (PDF). UN. United Nations. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Impact of Armed Conflict on Children". United Nations Report. 1996.
  4. ^ "Definitions". Uppsala University, Sweden. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 December 2016.
  5. ^ Hill, Stephen M. "United Nations Peacekeeeieiei Disarmament and Conflict Resolution". United Nations Disarmament Processes in Intra-State Conflict (2005): 1–26. Web.
  6. ^ Olmsted, Jennifer C. Globalization Denied: Gender and Poverty in Iraq and Palestine, in The Wages of Empire: Neoliberal Policies, Armed Repression, and Women's Poverty, edited by Amalia Cabezas, Ellen Reese, and Marguerite Waller, pp. 178-233, Paradigm, Boulder, Colorado, 2007.
  7. ^ Plümper, Thomas, and Eric Neumayer. "The Unequal Burden of War: The Effect of Armed Conflict on the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy". International Organization 60.3 (2006): 723. ProQuest. Web. 2 December 2016.