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Common sense indicates that the side with the most KIA loses the conflict. However, cases exist where the opposite happens. The American Civil War provides one example of where the victorious side had more KIA than the losing side. Abraham Lincoln's and the U.S. government's policy to reunite the country provided one major reason the victors had more battle dead in the American Civil War. Likewise, a smaller force can sometimes beat a larger one; Cannae ( 216BC ) provides a classic example. However, the idea that when you have less enemies to fight you have a greater chance to win provides one reason for a policy of maiming or killing enemy forces. Modern-day societies view those KIA as heroes. They set aside days of remembrance for their militaries and combat dead, and they build memorials and cenotaphs in honor of their fallen. The families of those who die in combat, especially their next-of-kin, sometimes receive preferential treatment such as military honors, exemption from taxes, and financial awards. National militaries also distinguish those killed in action with ceremonies and awards. One classic speech on KIA comes from also talks about KIA in his book, ''The Republic'' . For example, he has his character Socrates ask Adeimantus rhetorically, " a man dies gloriously in war shall we not say, in the first place, that he is of the golden race?" (Book V, Ch. 468-469) Adeimantus replying in agreement says, "To be sure." [http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html See the entire text of ''The Republic'' here courtesy MIT. SEE ALSO
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USAKIA sells KIA items and donates America Remembers Killed in Action flags to families of U.S. combat dead.
A government bipartisan committee to honor U.S. KIA, it also wants to put the meaning back into Memorial Day . |
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