The War Prayer Summary

A view into the historical significance that brought author Samuel Langhorne Clemens better yet known as Mark Twain to write for us, “The War Prayer.” Mark Twain’s, “The War Prayer” was written in 1905 in a time of war during the Spanish-American War which occurred between April 21, 1898 to August 13, 1898 with the loss of American life coming to three hundred and seventy-nine lives and the following Philippine-American War that happened between 1899 to 1902 and cost well over four thousand American lives and nearly three thousand wounded subsequently costing the American taxpayer four hundred million dollars all for the ideals of Americas great imperialist gains. The Spanish and American War was a conflict that fought for the independence of a people group, and a controlling interest in land, as well as the Philippine and American War was instigated by Filipino revolutionaries that were tired of the Spanish control and didn’t see any difference in the American exchange of hands.
Not only was America dealing with the wars, but also suffered from a crippling depression which was in great part caused by a collapse of the railroad through previous years, and their ill formed financing that caused a myriad of banking issues and failures further causing a massive decline in our stock market which caused international interest to pull their funds. The American people were in a difficult time of economic hardships and undoubtedly dealing with the heart breaks of separations during war time and the eventual loss of life that came with