Theories Of War Flashcards

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Malthusian theory; in an essay on the principles of population first published in

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1798,

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Prof.T.O. Malthus made the famous prediction that

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population would outrun food supply, leading to a decrease in food per person or house hold.

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Malthus contribution to the theory of war focuses on the ______rather than on the origin of war or the relationship between human nature and war or violence.

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grand function of war

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The theory however holds that the essence of war is to;

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decimate or reduce human rising population.

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Marxist theory is based upon the development and maturity of

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Capitalism

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_____thus becomes a means through which the realization of these objectives are achieved.

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War, threat of war, or the export of capital

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The rational theorist therefore view war as operating largely on the corridor of?.

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reciprocity

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8
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Who supported Hobbes

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Neibur

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9
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Hobbes drew his theoretical inspiration from

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Thucydides

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10
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3 causes of quarrel

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First, competition, second, diffidence, third, glory”

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