Negative Effects of War

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War: War is as old as human societies. Quincy write examines the concept of war in both broader and narrow sense. In a broader sense war is “the violent contact of distinct but similar entities”. In a narrow sense, “it is a legal condition which permits two or more hostile groups to carry on a conflict by armed force”. There has been a shift in basic ideology and objectives of war in different periods. In the early phase of human evolution, tribes or hunter gathers often engaged in battle over territory or resources. In western civilizations wars were fought for acquisition of land, wealth or to dominate others. In the later period, wars were also fought for the spread of religion or the spread of ideology. The emergence of nationalism and the aspiration of people belonging to same nation to live in one state, the problems of border and migration led to the intense wars. The great revolutions in France, Russia, and China made the wars more ideological. In the post World War II period, wars took the form of struggle against colonialism in the continents of Asia and Africa. The newly independent states also faced the problems of civil wars, racial conflicts or wars of separation.(Kashmir, Bangladesh). Today the wars are fought specially for economic gains, accumulation of power and exhibition of military strength. History of War: In the primitive period, all members of the community were suppose to get involved in a war as war was fought for the common good. In the medieval period, wars were fought on behalf of ruling dynasties by the army of professional soldiers maintained by feudal lords. Till the end of medieval period, the wars were limited in the sense; they were fought with the limited political and commercial interests among the city states or principalities of Europe. The emergence of authoritarianism in the 15th century and the concept of
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