The traditionally accepted political definition of peace and the very word itself comes from the influence of the ancient Romans who defined peace, pax, as absentia belli, the absence of war.
In the modern nation-state world, peace has often been understood as the absence of international war between two or more state-organized armies. However, constraining the concept of peace to the absence of international war ignores the relevance of civil war, internal genocide, terrorism, and other violence. Since World War II, wars between states have decreased while violent internal conflicts increased. Since 1992, however, internal conflicts have decreased though there are still numerous and problematic intractable conflicts. Present day Sudan, as an example, is not engaged in a war with another sovereign state. However, few would deny that what amounts to genocide is taking place in its Darfur region.
Peace therefore, in the sense of the absence of hostilities, is best understood as the absence of violence between groups, whether they are part of a state apparatus or not. Johan Galtung, a very influential peace researcher, calls peace understood simply as the absence of violence negative peace. It is labeled as such because although direct violence is not taking place, the points of conflict, which can lead to violence, are not necessarily resolved.
Though the people in the world are all opposed to war， they can by no means avoid it. This is indeed a regrettable thing.
War is very terrible. Everybody hears it with fear. In a war thousands and thousands of lives will be lost and a large amount of money （will be） wasted. It brings us untold miseries and damage.
To sum up， so long as war is unavoidable， human beings cannot enjoy lasting peace. How tragical their fate is！
Throughout the ages, this world war is always constant. In our China, Qing Dynasty from the summer to change, for a number of rulers? How many times after the war? But who are the real victims?
War, not only means a winning or losing the game, as well as tears, blood, pain and joy. Tears, in the flow of people lost loved ones in war out; blood, martyrs who die on the battlefield is the flow out; pain, is a national decline from prosperity to the nations pain; and joy, is the successful expression. People do not want war, but can themselves lead to war, Why? Can expand their territory to do? To the peoples happiness? No, no. To their desires, to their ambitions. Xing, the people suffer; death, the people suffer.
World War II, Yes, it is very intense. But please think about this fierce war, the result of what is it? It is not enough for people to give warnings? However, as time goes by, the painful history has been forgotten, and also have the pain. Nanjing Massacre, Mukden Incident, Pearl Harbor ... ... sort of war, which is not full of smoke, no parting, no pain despair it?
People sincerely from the heart cry out one word - peace. Peace can be painful into joy, peace smoke into the sky can be blue skies.
We love peace, we need peace.
