The cost of war: in lives and dollars.

As discussed in the article "Vietnam: The War That's Still With Us," wars exact a great tort on the home front as weft as on the battlefield.

During its history, the United States has fought in major wars at least once about every three decades. The wars have varied greatly in terms of their cost in dollars and in the lives of American troops.

Some 4,400 Americans died fighting the British in the Revolutionary War, and 2,300 died in the rematch in 1812--figures that pate in comparison with the numbers who died in the Civil War. (So many died that the numbers had to be divided to fit into this graph).

In the current war in Iraq, more than 3,000 Americans have been killed (and some 23,000 wounded). And the cost of the war has so far been more than $360 billion.

ANALYZE THE GRAPH 1. What was the approximate total, of all deaths--Union and Confederate--in the Civil War? (a) 450,000 (c) 600,000 (b) 560,000 (d) 650,000 2. The graph shows deaths from art causes, including accidents and illness. It does not include those wounded. In World War II, for example, some 264,000 more U.S. soldiers were wounded than were killed. About how many were wounded? (a) 671,000 (c) 690,000 (b) 555,000 (d) 701,000 3. The most expensive war in U.S. history, by far, was World War II. The next most costly war was --. And the least costly war was -- 4. About how many more Americans died in the Korean War (1950-53) than in the Mexican-American War (1846-48)? (a) 12,000 (c) 20,000 (b) 15,000 (d) 30,000 5. In one war, almost twice as many Americans died than the number who died in the...