Warfare is that linked to war.
From the Latin bellicus , the word warlike is an adjective that allows us to refer to that which pertains to war . A war conflict, for example, is an armed confrontation that reveals the magnitude of the events.
A war is a fight , a battle , a dispute or a fight . Warfare, therefore, implies violence . A bellicose person is aggressive or quarrelsome, seeking confrontation.
There are different types of war: civil war involves the inhabitants of the same town, preventive war is one initiated by a country with the argument that another nation is about to attack it, dirty war is one that is carried out outside any legal framework and holy war is the war conflict that is promoted for religious reasons.
The war in politics
Politics can also be bellicose. Many analysts consider that the foreign policy of former US President George W. Bush has been bellicose, since, under his command, the country intervened in various wars.
International relations, since ancient times, have usually been marked by wars. This is an uncivilized way of settling conflicts, but it is usually imposed by pressure of all kinds. The destructive power of current weapons means that each war involves the death of thousands or even millions of people.
A literary genre
In literature, the genre of the war novel , in some cases called military fiction, is one that encompasses all those stories that take place during combat , both on the battlefield and off; It is a work in which the reader can get closer to the feelings and experiences that people who are affected by a war must face, both those who go to fight and those who stay and must ensure their safety and suffer for them. who have gone to war, thinking that one of the possibilities is that they will not be able to see them again.
The origin of this genre takes us back to the epic poetry of the classical period; In fact, "The Iliad" is considered the first story that could be placed in this genre, followed by Virgil's "The Aeneid" and many others. Later, chivalric stories were introduced, such as the multiple legends around the figure of King Arthur.
The objective of these narratives was to tell the story and preserve those important features of the culture to make them known not only among people today but also in the future, as an indelible tool of consciousness and culture that would feed the collective memory of the people. .
Warfare usually leaves a large number of victims.
Authors of war books
The authors who later linked this genre with world wars and current conflicts, without a doubt, laid their eyes on these fantastic stories and gave them greater realism; Despite the thousand differences that may exist between those old stories and current war novels, themes such as hatred, revenge and the pain that battles leave in their wake are common elements between both styles and allow us to get an idea of the tragedy. which meant and still means a war conflict.
Among the authors of this genre we can name Martin Amis, Elias Canetti, William Faulkner and Evelyn Waugh, although there are many others who are highly known. It is worth mentioning that the most important novels of this genre have been recovered in the film industry, giving them realism and popularity.
The concept in cinema
War films , on the other hand, are those whose plot is based on a war.
The most common war films are those that refer to World War II (the bloodiest war conflict, with more than 50 million deaths), although there are other conflicts that have also been portrayed in cinema.