Why Authors Want To Write About War

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Bombs going off, bullets flying everywhere, men and women sacrificing their lives to save others. Many books and movies have been made to show what war is like. There are many reasons why people write about war.
Authors want to write about war to let society know all the sacrifices men and women make for the freedom we have. In World War II, Americans were asked to ration goods (gasoline, butter, sugar, etc.). American military were killed during the war. Families sacrificed by losing farmhands who were drafted. Americans learned to do without, for the common good of the war.
We read war books to step into other people's lives and to experience things that are not close to our own. A well written book will help a civilian, know what it is

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