What five factors did sociologist Quincy Wright identify as root causes for most war?

Question

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Answer 1

1. Perceived threats—Societies mobilize in response to threats to their people, territory, or culture. If the threats are not real, they can always be manufactured, such as the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which was the pretext for the war in Iraq in 2002.
2. Political objectives—War is often a political strategy. Societies go to war to end foreign domination, enhance their political stature in the global arena, and increase wealth and power.
3. “Wag the dog” rationale—When internal problems create widespread unrest, a government may wage war to divert public attention and unify the country behind a common, external enemy.
4. Moral objectives—Leaders often infuse military campaigns with moral urgency, rallying people around visions of, say, “freedom” rather than admitting they fight to increase their wealth or power. They claim that wars are not acts of invasion but heroic efforts to “protect our way of life.” The enemy is declared “immoral,” and morality and religion are mobilized for the cause.
5. Absence of alternatives—Sometimes, indeed, there is no choice. When one country is invaded by another, war may be difficult to avoid.