paper aims to critically discuss the Angolan civil war and this paper shall also evaluate the arguments that were raised by Karl Van Clausewitz‚ when he argued that “war is a continuation of politics in another means”. Angola will be used as a case study‚ since some scholars have argued that the civil war that took place in Angola was indeed the continuation of politics‚ since they were many states that were involved in the war‚ giving aid to enhance the war‚ whereas they had their own national interest
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Causes Of The Civil War The Civil War‚ which lasted from 1861 to 1877‚ was mainly caused by the diverging society between the North and the South. The North and the South had different goals. There were many factors that led to the war and the chief ones were political decisions‚ morality of slavery‚ and economic differences between the North and the South. A cause of the Civil War was that the economy was splitting. As said in document 2‚ the slaves were needed to work on plantations
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Following the Civil War corporations began to develop at a steady pace. The needed fast transportation and abundance of materials during the Civil War fueled the correct conditions to give rise to the large-scale enterprises and financial capitalism in the United States after the Civil War. Resources such as natural resources and a growing population‚ paired with large corporation and the government‚ were the conditions that gave rise to the large-scale enterprise and financial capitalism in the
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A common assumption to explain the cause of the American Civil War was that the North was no longer willing to tolerate slavery as being part of the fabric of US society. Also‚ that the political power brokers in Washington were planning to abolish slavery throughout the Union. Therefore for many people slavery is the key issue to explain the causes of the American Civil War. However‚ it is not as simple as this and slavery‚ while a major issue‚ was not the only issue that pushed America into the
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led the United States into civil war? There are many factors that lead into the beginning of the Civil War‚ but most of the disagreements arose from one problem: slavery. During this time‚ the nation was split into two: half of which supported slavery‚ and the other strongly against it. The Northerners were strongly against slavery while the Southerners supported it. Not only are there many causes of the Civil War; there were also many effects that emerged from the war (The American Vision 345).
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The recent Civil War in Congo has been a bloody flight‚ causing more then 3.3 million deaths in just 4 short years.1 Various rebel and ethnic groups have have been involved in the violence‚ fighting over Congo ’s rich natural resources or engaged in a bitter ethnic war. With so many opposing factions‚ it has made reaching a solution difficult. While a rough peace treaty has been established‚ sporadic fighting pops up in the country everyday. The people of Congo are being pushed farther into
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Virinder Kaur POLS 202-01: International Relations Reaction Paper #1: Of Syrian Wars and US Foreign Policies Due: October 4‚ 2012 Modern Syria first gained its independence in 1946‚ following many years of violent strife. Before this‚ the state had been under a French Mandate and had suffered under a conditional (or more aptly‚ false) independence‚ wherein the French State held veto power over any potential laws introduced by the Syrian people (US Dept. of State). In 1970‚ the Baath party came
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Abraham Lincoln‚ means that the best way to win a war‚ is to ally with the enemy and then attack them. The tensions were high between the North and South and they were about to go to war. The Civil War was caused by societal tensions about slavery‚ and the results of tariffs and slavery on the economy. There were many things that caused the Civil War‚ and one of the causes of the Civil War was societal tensions over slavery. One reason the Civil War was caused by the societal tensions about slavery
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Charles and Mary Beard‚ Allan Nevins‚ and Eric Foner support Seward’s views on the idea the American Civil War was an irrepressible conflict. Following Seward’s speech in 1858‚ dominate discussion points from 1861 to 1920 and so on include the discussion of impacting economic differences‚ whether the nation would be dominated by a system of free labor or slave labor. Furthermore‚ the fact that the war was inevitable due to the lack of willingness from the North and the South to create a compromise on
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Spanish Civil War? (10) The Spanish Civil war was a very important event that happened in 1936 between the Republicans and the Nationalists‚led by General Francisco Franco. Although it did not make World War II inevitable‚ it increased the likelihood of a general war a great deal. The war had a tremendous impact on Spain itself‚ leaving much of the state’s economic and social infrastructure in ruins and leaving thousands dead. There were varies foreign interventions in the Spanish Civil War by different
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