War - What is it Good For?

Introduction

The beginning of the 21st century was hailed with jubilations and festivities all over the world as the commencement of a new age of peace and stability, but only after a year the entire world witnessed an unprecedented and drastic change in this previously drafted mandate of peace being buried under the debris of the dead bodies of people who died in the tragic incident of the World Trade Centre. With the fall of the twin towers the whole world was coercively pushed into a state of a war that was waged against terrorism.

Previously, in the 20th century two world wars had resulted in the loss of billions of human lives and had also proved that war where on one hand manifested the failure of effective diplomacy, on the other hand cemented the fact that misperceptions and miscalculations constitute an integral part behind any war that takes place. The question has become extremely significant especially in contemporary situation where the entire world is engulfed by a thick cloud of terror and trepidation that has actually blinded all of us as to where we are eventually going to end up.

Another reason that contributes to the importance of this issue is that it’s time to realize self-aggravate ourselves about the issue that in the wake of eliminating terror we have actually explored and fueled greater venues for its effective and enforcing proliferation on multitude scales. In such topics it is always better to streamline the various aspects that we will deal with. It is important that we have a look at the policy conflicts that occur between states which results in the happening of war. It is also important to shed light on the various methodologies and schools of thought and the ways they look at the issue and fin...

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