The document provides an overview of war, including its definitions, types, causes, and effects. It discusses various motivations for warfare such as economic gain, territorial expansion, religion, nationalism, and revenge, as well as the devastating impacts of war on society and the environment. Additionally, it suggests methods for preventing war through diplomacy, constitutional governance, and arms control.

1. THE WAR
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2. INTRODUCTION
 War is a situation or a period of fighting between
countries or groups of people
 A war generally involves the use of weapons, a
military organization and soldiers
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WHAT IS WAR

3. Types of war according to International
humanitarian law
 International armed conflicts
 Non-international armed conflicts
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TYPES OF WARS

4. CAUSES OF WAR
 Economic Gain
Whatever the other reasons for a war may be, there
is very often an economic motive underlying most
conflicts, even if the stated aim of the war is
presented to the public as something more noble
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5.  Territorial Gain
A country might decide that it needs more land,
either for living space, agricultural use, or other
purposes
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6.  Religion
Religious conflicts often have very deep roots. They can lie
dormant for decades, only to re-emerge in a flash at a later
date. (for example, Protestant and Catholic, or Sunni and
Shiite) battling against one another can also instigate war
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7.  Nationalism
Nationalism in this context essentially means
attempting to prove that your country is superior to
another by violent subjugation. This often takes the
form of an invasion
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8.  Revenge
Seeking to punish, redress a grievance, or simply
strike back for a perceived slight can often be a
factor in the waging of war. Revenge also relates to
nationalism, as the people of a country
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9.  Civil War
These generally take place when there is sharp
internal disagreement within a country. The
disagreement can be about who rules, how the
country should be run or the people's rights
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10.  Revolutionary War
These occur when a large section of the population
of a country revolts against the individual or group
that rules the country because they are dissatisfied
with their leadership
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11.  Defensive War
In the modern world, where military aggression is more
widely questioned, countries will often argue that they are
fighting in a purely defensive capacity against an aggressor,
or potential aggressor, and that their war is therefore a
“just” war
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12. THE EFFECTS OF WAR
 The transformation of national citizens into
refugees
There are approximately 15 million refugees
worldwide who have had to leave their home due to
conflicts or persecution
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14.  Physical torture, Beatings, kicking's, bombs,
Cutting, child soldiering, Sexual abuse mass
killings
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16.  Psychological torture
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 On the economy
A government may decide to direct money to fund war
efforts, leaving other institutions with little or no
available budget

18.  Destruction of infrastructure
Destruction of infrastructure can create a
catastrophic collapse in the social interrelated
structure, infrastructure services, education and
health care system
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20.  Politically
When war strikes it ends up affecting government
structures along with the people in power of the
government
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21.  Environment
War contributes to environmental degradation in two
main ways. The first is direct effects of killing off native
biota, the second is indirect effects of depriving species of
resources needed to survive or even their entire habitat
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23. HOW TO PREVENT THE WAR
 Diplomacy
Remaining, as the essential strategies for stopping
war, it comprises spoken or written communication
by representatives of states intended to influence
events in the international system
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24.  The leaders and government must follow the
Constitution, cut off funding for war and find a
way to peace
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25.  To remove or change any elected leaders who
promote or support illegal, conflicts and war
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26.  Give full support to the establishment of an
International Criminal Court so that national
leaders can be tried for all egregious war crimes at
the end of any hostilities
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27.  Arms control
When a country or countries restrict the
development, production, stockpiling, proliferation,
distribution or usage of weapons
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28. EXAMPLES OF WAR
Examples of wars fought through air
 Italians against the Turks near Tripoli War in 1911.
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29.  World War II, (1939-1945) the first operational jet
fighter, the German Me-262, with speed of (741 miles per
hour at sea level and 659 miles per hour at 36,000 feet)
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30. Examples of Land wars
 Egyptian war in Yemen (1962-67)
 The Russo-Japanese War
 The Korean war between North Korea and South
Korea (1950-53)
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33. Examples of war fought on Sea
The Russo-Japanese War saw the rise of
the Imperial
Japanese Navy 1916 Battle of Jutland
The Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971
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34. In the 1982 Falklands War between Argentina and
the United Kingdom
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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37. REFERENCES
 The East India Company: The original corporate raiders - The
Guardian (4th March 2015)
 Invasion of Manchuria - Harry S. Truman Library Museum
 The Roman Invasions of Britain - University of Warwick
 Mexican-American War: Causes, Definition & Timeline -
History.com
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