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War

War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups.

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Etymology

History

Types of warfare

Aims

Effects

Economic

Theories of motivation

Ethics

Limiting and stopping

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War

Nodes254
Edges253
Triples225
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007874
Components1

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War

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related to Economic · 19
War → Alsace-Lorraine, For, France, Franco-Prussian War, Germany, Great Depression, In, Louis XIV, Many, Once, Russia's, Russian, Russian Revolution, The, There, Typically, While, World War, World War II
related to Limiting and stopping · 18
War → Afghanistan, Anti-war, Any, Asia, Europe, Gaudiem, God, In, Iraq, It, Protests, Religious, Second Vatican Council, Spes, United States, Vietnam War, World War, World War II
related to Types of warfare · 16
War → An, Asymmetric, Biological, Chemical, Cold, Conventional, Cyberwarfare, Information, Insurgency, Nuclear, Poison, Radiological, This, Total, Unconventional, World War
related to Casualties · 14
War → BC, BCE, Estimates, Eurasia, Few, For, He, Ian Morris, In, Neanderthals, Other, The, This, William Eckhardt
related to history · 14
War → American, Anthropologists, Evidence, In, It, Kelly, Mesolithic, Middle, Origin, Paleolithic, Raymond, Some, Upper Paleolithic, Warless Societies
related to Political science · 12
War → Correlates, Kenneth Waltz, Lewis Fry Richardson, Man, More, Peter Brecke, State, The, This, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, War Project, World War
related to Psychoanalytic · 12
War → By, Durban, Dutch, For, Fornari, Franco Fornari, John Bowlby, Joost Meerloo, Melanie Klein, Other, The Italian, This
related to On civilians · 11
War → Additionally, Civilians, Deaths, During, Europe, Holy Roman Empire, Most, Since, Soviet Union, Thirty Years' War, World War II
related to Etymology · 10
War → Frankish, French, German, Old English, Old French, Old High German, Old Saxon, Proto-Germanic, The, The English
related to Largest wars by death toll · 10
War → Another, As, Byelorussian SSR, For, Germans, Jews, Mongol, Paraguayan War, The, World War II

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Waris aarmed conflict between the armed forces of states0.90text
Waris aresult of miscalculation of strength0.90text
Waris aresult of the would-be hegemon's persistent attempts at power acquisition0.90text
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large raidsinstance ofKeeley describes several styles of primitive combat0.80text
and massacresinstance ofKeeley describes several styles of primitive combat0.80text
bacteriainstance ofis the use of biological infectious agents or toxins0.80text
virusesinstance ofis the use of biological infectious agents or toxins0.80text
and fungi against peopleinstance ofis the use of biological infectious agents or toxins0.80text
plantsinstance ofis the use of biological infectious agents or toxins0.80text
or animalsinstance ofis the use of biological infectious agents or toxins0.80text
subversioninstance ofand may use covert forces or actions0.80text

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