“Two things greater than all things are,” wrote Rudyard Kipling: “The first is Love and the second War.” Romance and conflict are intimately bound together. Long ago Love started one War when one army chased their king’s Helen in Greek mythology.

Love and War are the two extremes of our human experience. Perhaps it’s true as the song says that love is a battlefield. So, on an off chance to see what might be what here I decided to quickly look online to see if Valentine’s Day pop culure emphemera like cards and magazine covers revealed something of how Love-n-War’s interrelationship on America’s day of lovers has evolved during the past 100 years.

World War I

World War II

Valentine’s Day letter from the Korean War front 1952

Vietnam War death card Valentine

Desert Storm

War on Terror

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