POLS 2940 Lecture 25: Lecture 25
13 Feb 2019
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Types of war: understanding war, clausewitz"s philosophy of war, war in the global north, war in the global south. Intra-state / civil war: asymmetric warfare, hybrid warfare. Old" and new" wars (kaldor: causes of war: particular war versus recurrence of war. Individual, unit/state, systemic (waltz), regional, sub-state, identity: morality of war; just war (walzer) Clausewitz, on war (1832) war consists of various combinations (trinity: passion, chance and reason, combatant peoples, the qualities of their armed forces, abilities of their leaders. Limited war and total war: war: an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will . War is an act of force and there is no logical limit to an act of force maximum use of force . War and politics: political purpose behind use of force; instrument to achieve purposes. War is not a mere act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political activity by other means .
