Why We Love War (2019)

There's Adventure and Bonding, the Rush of Adrenalin, there's National Pride and National Power and there's the Cultural Glory. But there's also Shame and Guilt, the Traumatised children and Adults, Lies and the Infatuation with Power, the Tears of the Mother. In between there's Absurdity, Ignorance, Separation from our Hearts and the Play of Chance. An Indian Colonel talks about his love for his army and his regret at not being involved in front line fighting. An upper class Englishman describes his excitement at going into a naval battle as a young Midshipman during the Suez crisis, and how he found himself responsible for the safety of the entire convoy. A young Israeli woman, with immense honesty, describes how serving as an officer - teaching other young people how to kill - changed her. She is now an educational psychologist and a member of Veterans for Peace. Another Englishman talks about how being in the army, facing enemy action - even being wounded - helped to support his exploration of what it is to be a man. American veterans of the Vietnam war speak about the shame and guilt at what they have been part of - and the psychological scars that dictate the rest of their lives.