Question

What role does war play in our society

Answer 1

Wars have provided the necessity for an organization of society which, for the purpose collective action at least, has become immeasurably superior to the primi-tribe horde.

Answer 2

In increasing the power of governments, war has also brought progress and change, much of which we would see as beneficial: an end to private armies, greater law and order, in modern times more democracy, social benefits, improved education, changes in the position of women or labor, advances in medicine