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===Ancient Warfare===
===Ancient Warfare===
''For more information, see [[Ancient Warfare]].''
''For more information, see [[Ancient Warfare]].''
[[Paleolithic]]
[[Paleolithic]]
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[[Neolithic]]
[[Neolithic]]
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[[Bronze Age Warfare|Bronze Age]]
[[Bronze Age Warfare|Bronze Age]]
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[[Iron Age Warfare|Iron Age]]
[[Iron Age Warfare|Iron Age]]
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===[[Western Warfare]]===
===[[Western Warfare]]===
''For more information, see [[Western Warfare]].''
''For more information, see [[Western Warfare]].''

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War is a state of violent conflict which exists between two or more independent groups, each seeking to impose its will on the other. This is facilitated by the use of military force, or the organized application of violence toward the destruction of the enemy's manpower and materiel, so as to disrupt their means of fighting and ultimately break their will to fight, thus leading to the cessation of hostilities. These conditions are generally defined as victory.

Differing Philosophies

History of War

Ancient Warfare

For more information, see Ancient Warfare.

Paleolithic


Neolithic


Bronze Age


Iron Age


Western Warfare

For more information, see Western Warfare.

Roman Warfare


Medieval Warfare


Renaissance Warfare


Modern Warfare


Eastern Warfare

Causes of War

References

  • Freedman, Lawrence (ed.), War, London:Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0192892541.
  • Holsti, Kalevi, War, the State, and the State of War, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN 052157790X.
  • U. S. Marine Corps Staff. 1989. Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1: Warfighting. 116 pp. ISBN 1557423091.
  • Waltz, Kenneth, Man, The State, and War. A Theoretical Analysis, New York:Columbia University Press, 1959. ISBN 0231085648.