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Prologue

The great second world war, World War II, would ultimately bring death to millions across the globe, and for those who survived, catastrophic change and discomfort. Not a single soul anywhere on our planet was left untouched in some way. Governments have reasons for war and ideals: human rights issues or resources are at the top of that list. Almost always, just before war breaks out, two or more countries had tried negotiating and finding a peaceful resolution to their conflicts.

However, it is the madmen who become dictators who live by a different set of rules altogether. Almost always, they will not communicate with the other side because their intention is to ultimately control and destroy a way of life that they forsake. Whether it be Hitler, Mussolini, Castro, or a Japanese emperor, it does not matter—they all wanted control and prestige at the cost of the citizens beneath their rule. Whether it be for their own financial benefit, or because of a paranoid delusional personality, or hatred for God and man…nobody can ever tell with certainty.

One would think that in our day and age, the days when the world is on the edge of a new catastrophe might be a product of our past when knowledge was not so certain, and the workings of governments and officials were not as well-publicized. But the truth is that media is a powerful thing and can influence a population in wayward and inaccurate beliefs, should it be given freedom to destroy truth. When our leaders decide what we should hear and what we should not, and when propaganda becomes the objective, whoever has the most money and influence gets to decide what we are told, then you can believe one thing with certainty—we are once again at a time when we do not know who to believe no matter how much we think we do.