Part I & II Flashcards
Torie Rose DeGhett
“The War Photo No One Would Publish”
Howard Zinn
“What War Looks Like”
Leguin
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Konrad Z. Lorenz
On Aggression
Sigmund Freud
Why War?
Margaret Mead
Warfare is Only an Invention - Not a Biological Necessity
Douglas Fry
Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace
Chris Hedges
War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Eqbal Ahmad
Terrorism: Theirs and Ours
Robert Pape
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism
Lt. Colonel David Grossman
On Killing
Radio Lab
One Good Deed Deserves Another
Bonnie Tsui
James Doty’s Helper High
Why War?
Thanatos: “The death instinct”
Biological factors
A desire for unbroken peace
Self-preservation
On Aggression
Aggression instinct
Lack of inhibition against killing and intelligence, which gives us weapons
Warfare is Only an Invention…
Man’s desire for power and glory
Possessing the idea and option of going to war
Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace
War is the result of a cultural belief system within Western society that is the result of an instinct, not an invention by humans
War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
War gives us resolve, a cause.
Allows us to understand the world. A means to achieve understanding.
Glorified (war and war heroes) by the press/misrepresented
Ex. “Pool videos and photos”
Disillusionment by each generation
Eqbal Ahmad
Terrorism is the result of anger and helplessness in battered people. People/groups want to be heard but cannot get the attention of their audience.
Individuals model after others
Encouraged by modern technology
Robert Pape
Religion is rarely the central cause
Desire for political self-determination
On Killing
There is within most men an intense resistance to killing their fellow man.
Soldiers kill because they’re trained to kill (Pavlovian sense).
