Civ 202 November 30‚ 2009 Why Nations go to War Review Why do notions go to war? What is the reasoning behind their actions? John G. Stoessinger analyzes these questions in his book‚ Why Nations go to War. Stoessinger believes that to understand the war‚ you must understand the leaders of the war. When you understand the leaders you understand their actions and when you understand their actions‚ you have the answer to the question‚ "Why do nations go to war?" In this review paper I am going
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Why Nations Go To War In John Stoessinger’s work on “Why Nations go to War” he examines ten wars that have occurred since 1914 and the one currently taking place today. These wars include World War One‚ World War Two‚ Korean War‚ Vietnam War‚ Yugoslavian War‚ Indo-Pakistani War‚ Arab-Israel War‚ Iran-Iraq and Iraq-Kuwait War‚ War on Terror‚ and Wars in Rwanda and Darfur. Each of these wars have many things in common‚ but the one thing that sticks out above many of the other statistics and reasons
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WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR By John G. Stoessinger BOOK REVIEW: WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR is a unique book and a product of reflection by author‚ Dr. John G. Stoessinger. First published in 1978‚ its Eleventh Edition with additions came out in 2010. It is built around ten case studies‚ culminating in the new wars that ushered in the twenty-first century: Iraq‚ Afghanistan‚ and the wars between Arabs and Israelis in Gaza and in Lebanon. In the book he analyses the most important military conflicts
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In Why Nations Go To War by John G. Stoessinger he goes into detail in chapters seven to ten on the sixty year war‚ Saddam Hussein’s wars‚ “America and the World of Islam” and “Why Nations Go to War”. I always enjoy reading about the wars and conflicts that happen in our world but you usually hear about the battles and main headlines on the news so it is always very interesting to learn more about what actually happened. You always learn something new when you are reading which I like when books
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WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR There are often people who ask the big question‚ “Why do nations feel the need to go to war?” One of the main reasons for this question comes from the loss of life that comes with it. However‚ on an opinionated theory I have concluded that a larger portion of why a nation decides to go to war would be to expand their territory. They could even be trying to gain freedom for their nation. Many times nations use scarcity of resources in their own country to justify warring with
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WHAT IS WAR? | | (http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/graphics/soldiers.gif) | Many have posed the question "What is war?" with very few ever reaching a conclusion. If a conclusion is made‚ it is naturally met with criticism.Virtually every aspect of the term "war" has had its meaning disputed. A few of the main discrepencies include; questions on whether war has to be formally declared in order to be recognized‚ whether actual fighting has to occur‚ or whether war has to take place between formally
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Ofelia Vives Gladys Porter High School English III AP 11th Grade Why fighting when there is communication War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope good may come of it. While the killing of a person is a crime and it’s punishable‚ but indeed war is not even though thousands of innocents die for it. War is something that happens when communication fails between two or more nations. Reasons why war occurs varies from country from country‚ but often is generated by territorial
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By Tan Kabra April 29th‚ 2009 Why Countries Go To War There are many reasons why countries go to war. One country may want to go to war to take revenge on something that another country or countries did to them. Germany‚ for example‚ wanted to take revenge on the rest of the European nations after they all unanimously agreed that the responsibility for the First World War should be laid upon Germany. Countries also go to war for another reason‚ territorial expansion. The
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Plan of Investigation Thesis: Why did Britain go to war? Between the late eighteen hundreds and late nineteen hundreds‚ England was described as being in “splendid isolation” from the rest of Europe until 1914. But why did Britain go to war? What rivalries were Britain involved and what treaties dragged her into the war? I need to look through the primary sources such as official reports‚ published interviews‚ addresses‚ and history textbook to gather facts; secondary sources from the internet
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Homework Why Did Hitler go to War? One reason why Hitler went to war was to regain the Honor of Germany which he thought they had lost after their defeat in World War 1. Hitler believed that Germany never lost World War 1 and that the Jews were too blame for the loss but really Hitler used the Jews as a scapegoat for a reason to start another war and regain the strength of Germany. The Jews were never really to blame for the loss of World War 1 it was the bad management of
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