Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Total war

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Warfare by one state waged to conquer and occupy another, then choosing a government of their choosing
WWII

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Hegemonic war

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War over control of the entire world order

WWII

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Limited war

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Includes military actions carried out to gain some objective short of the surrender and occupation of the enemy
US taking Kuwait

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Civil war

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War between factions in a state

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Guerilla war

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Warfare without front lines

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Truth commissions

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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

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Theory of causes of war at interstate level of analysis

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Include that war accursed when power is relatively equally distributed and a rising power is threatening to overtake a declining one

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Self determination

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Implies that people who identify as a nation should have the right to form a state and exercise sovereignty over their affairs

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Ethnic groups

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Large groups of people who share ancestral, language, cultural or religious ties and a common identity

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Ethnic conflict is closely tied to conflict over

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Territory

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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

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Albania concerned with Serbian province of Kosovo
Azerbaijan and Armenia
India and Pakistan

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Since WWII, an international norm has developed

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Against attempting to alter borders by force

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Territorial waters traditionally are recognized to extend how far from a states coastline?

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3 miles

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A states exclusive economic zone is recognized to extend how far from the coastline?

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200 miles

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14
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Outer space is considered….

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International territory

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The national security agency

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The largest US military intelligence agency whose mission is encoding US communications and breaking the codes of foreign communications

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Terrorism

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The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims

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Nuclear weapons

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Explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
Fission A bombs
Fusion H bombs

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Chemical weapons

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Releases chemicals that disable and kill people

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Biological weapons

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Use deadly microorganisms or biologically derived toxins.

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CIA covert operations in the 1950s overthrew governments unfriendly to the US i

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Iran and Guatemala