A Level - RS - Causes of War and Conflict Part 2
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- Causes of War and Conflict Part 2
- Economic Theory
- begin as disputes over territory and the natural resources needed for wealth and security
- Woodrow Wilson said in 1919
- 'The seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry
- Woodrow Wilson said in 1919
- begin as disputes over territory and the natural resources needed for wealth and security
- Marxist Theory
- Wars are caused by competition for resources and markets
- Behaviour theory
- Human beings are inherently violent and transfer their aggression into hatred against their enemies
- Leadership Theory
- wars are started not by nations
- but by individual leaders such as Hitler and Napoleon
- Who seek conflict to maintain power and popularity
- but by individual leaders such as Hitler and Napoleon
- wars are started not by nations
- Malthusian Theory
- Caused by population expansion and the need for more resources
- Especially water
- Pope Urban 11 said -
- 'For the land which you now inhabit is too narrow for your large population...'
- '...it scarcely furnishes enough food. Hence it is that you murder an devour one another, that you wage wars and many among you perish.'
- 'For the land which you now inhabit is too narrow for your large population...'
- Caused by population expansion and the need for more resources
- 'Youth Bulge' Theory
- nations have very large numbers of unemployed and poorly educated young males
- Seek to burn off their aggression in conflict.
- nations have very large numbers of unemployed and poorly educated young males
- Grievances Theory
- Caused by longstanding relious or ethical hatreds between nations or races
- Economic Theory
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