Indiana State University Intense Armed Conflict Between States Discussion

answer should be longer than the rest of the questions. It is meant to be answered. It evaluates your overall understanding of the course material. 30 pts

Question 1: Utilizing the class discussions on war, briefly describe two major findings of wars (excluding causes). Then apply those findings to one of your war case studies.

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General questions: The answers for these questions should be found in one or more of the course readings. You should draw your answer from as many readings as you want.

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Question 2: Which is more important, state sovereignty or the use of intervention to save lives? Do you agree with the “responsibility to protect” principle? Explain.

Question 3: Does killing have the same meaning in war? What happens to the moderates who refuse to demonize the enemy?

Question 4: Do you think the new types of war brought a “fundamental” change to the nature of war? How is the nature of war different from the forms of war? How can you use this argument to understand the new war theories’ assumptions?

Question 5: Looking forward, what should we learn from the history of war?

Question 6: Is nationalism the major reason for the formation of a nation-state? Why has nationalism spread across the world in the last two centuries? How has the rise of the modern state shaped the development of nationalism? How and why did nationalism develop into imperialism?

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Specific questions: These questions are based on specific readings and your answer should be more specific. However, providing alternative explanations from other readings would grant you extra points.

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Question 7: What is a major dilemma and understanding war? Briefly describe hedges response to the dilemma. How does his argument fit into the controversial psychological perspective on war?

Question 8: Explain Gramsci’s notion of hegemony. how can you use it to analyze the origins of war?

Question 9: What is the democratic peace theory? What are the shortcomings of the democratic peace theory?

Question 10: What are the three essential elements of realism? How to survive according to realism? What is realism’s stance considering ethics and morals? What are the main criticizing points against realism?

Question 11: What is the impact of war on children in general and child soldiers in particular? Are child soldiers victims or perpetrators? What steps should be taken to minimize the long-lasting effects of war on children?

Question 12: When analyzing a war, is it important to know who is doing “the bulk of fighting”? How can we measure that? Who is the initiator of a war? Is it the party that seizes another territory with no flight or the party that uses violence to defend it? How to decide the winners and losers of any war?

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Specific war questions: These questions are about specific war-related specific events. The answers are found in the readings we analyzed during the semester.

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Question 13: Briefly describe three different understanding of the causes of World War I that one might see by applying three different levels of analysis.

Question 14: How does the idea of “Just War” fit into the context of the Arab Israeli conflict?

Question 15: What role was played by Johnson’s advisors during the Vietnam war? How did Johnson’s personality affect US policy?

Question 16: What impact did Saddam’s personality had in igniting the first Gulf War? Stoessinger talks about three fatal mistakes Saddam did that caused his defeat. What are they? Can you suggest another one?

Question 17: Stoessinger brings up the wars in Rwanda and Darfur as examples of the 21st-century wars. Briefly describe his views about the origins of war in these two cases and how are they different from previous wars.