[Article] What are wars for? Or, how not to do it next time Adjust Share By Elmer Holmes Davis, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 1945-1953 20th century Foreign relations Military policy United States World War II, 1939-1945 More from Elmer Holmes Davis The Ideal State People in Chicago will tell you that there is a happy land not far away. Sitting on the ash heap of their own miseries, they mournfully explain that just over… Votes for emptiness Votes for emptiness Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > January 1949 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close