Lesson 2- WAR Flashcards
_____________
is an inevitable feature of international
politics.
violent conflict
The conviction of the ___________ is that war is a last
resort but still very much a resort
Realists
Wight famously suggests that the rational basis for initiating war can be distilled down to three basic motivations, which are?
gain, doctrine
and fear
the most obvious root cause of war.
Gain
one of the three basic motivation in initiating war where in rather than the explicit acquisition of land, resources or other power capabilities, is a secondary explanation offered for the initiation of a rational war.
Doctrine
_________is ‘a continuation of
political intercourse, with the addition of other means.
war
__________considered by Wight to be a third and distinct cause of war
Fear
What is the reason why the Japanese government wanted war with the USA?
Japanese government feared being marginalized and economically dominated by the USA if it remained outside of the Second World War
____________ considers economic gain to be
the underlying cause of most wars.
Marxist/Structuralist approach
_________________contend that conflicts are often explained better by clashes of culture than abstract concepts such as power vacuums, the economic structure of the world or an absence of democracy.
Social Constructivists/ Constructivists
_________________put particular emphasis on the influence of the military–industrial complex in pushing states towards the use of force to secure economic gains.
Contemporary neo-Marxists
TRUE OR FALSE
War, according to Betts, should be viewed as a ‘rational instrument of policy rather than mindless murder’ TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
One of the basic motivation; GAIN is believe the most obvious root cause of war.
TRUE
Doctrine rather than the explicit acquisition of land, resources or other power capabilities, is a secondary explanation offered for the initiation of a rational war.
true
