Barbarization Vs. Civilization: In Time Of War By Joanna Bourke

The article titled “Barbarization versus civilization: In time of war” by Joanna Bourke discussed many things many citizens of developed countries do not often think about. The article goes into the depths of war and how war changes people’s mind sets and behavior. They even provide many occasions where barbaric behavior has taken place such as the holocaust, thirty years war and even the Armenian genocide just to name a few. When discussing these events I see how the mentality of some are changed and they are no longer human.
For example the article talks about the Armenian genocide and how the Turkish would describe the Armenian people as “dog-Food”. These are people described as dog food have lives and children. They are human beings and