Chapter 4 Flashcards
Total war
Warfare by one state waged to conquer and occupy another, then choosing a government of their choosing
WWII
Hegemonic war
War over control of the entire world order
WWII
Limited war
Includes military actions carried out to gain some objective short of the surrender and occupation of the enemy
US taking Kuwait
Civil war
War between factions in a state
Guerilla war
Warfare without front lines
Truth commissions
Help the post war society to heal and move forward by bringing to light what really happened during the war, by offering asylum to the participants
Theory of causes of war at interstate level of analysis
Include that war accursed when power is relatively equally distributed and a rising power is threatening to overtake a declining one
Self determination
Implies that people who identify as a nation should have the right to form a state and exercise sovereignty over their affairs
Ethnic groups
Large groups of people who share ancestral, language, cultural or religious ties and a common identity
Ethnic conflict is closely tied to conflict over
Territory
Examples of conflict resulting from states worrying about the fate of members of the same ethnic group living as a minority in a neighboring state
Albania concerned with Serbian province of Kosovo
Azerbaijan and Armenia
India and Pakistan
Since WWII, an international norm has developed
Against attempting to alter borders by force
Territorial waters traditionally are recognized to extend how far from a states coastline?
3 miles
A states exclusive economic zone is recognized to extend how far from the coastline?
200 miles
Outer space is considered….
International territory
The national security agency
The largest US military intelligence agency whose mission is encoding US communications and breaking the codes of foreign communications
Terrorism
The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
Nuclear weapons
Explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
Fission A bombs
Fusion H bombs
Chemical weapons
Releases chemicals that disable and kill people
Biological weapons
Use deadly microorganisms or biologically derived toxins.
CIA covert operations in the 1950s overthrew governments unfriendly to the US i
Iran and Guatemala
