modern war, n.Definitions

Modern war (n.) since ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠gunpowder fulfils war's function in the highest degree for Hegel: a struggle not of personal hate but general and impersonal, waged at a distance.

Modern war (n.) kills ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠so much partly because weapons strike beyond sight: the trigger of seeing the enemy remains, but the brake of seeing the dead and wounded is gone.

Modern war (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠carried on humanely: hatred is personal only among the pickets; in the army as an army, enmity is undetermined and gives way to duty.