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Search for books within this categoryWar is a reciprocated, armed conflict, between two or more non-congruous entities, aimed at reorganising a subjectively designed, geo-politically desired result. In his book, On War, Prussian military theoretician Carl Von Clausewitz calls war the "continuation of political intercourse, carried on with other means." War is an interaction in which two or more opposing forces have a “struggle of wills" The term is also used as a metaphor for non-military conflict, such as in the example of Class war. War is not necessarily considered to be the same as occupation, murder, or genocide because of the reciprocal nature of the violent struggle, and the organized nature of the units involved. A civil war is either a dispute between parties within the same nation (such as in the English Civil War), or else a dispute between two nations that were created out of one formerly-united country (such as in the American Civil War). A proxy war is a war that results when two powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly. War is also a cultural entity, and its practice is not linked to any single type of political organization or society. Rather, as discussed by John Keegan in his History Of Warfare, war is a universal phenomenon whose form and scope is defined by the society that wages it. The conduct of war extends along a continuum, from the almost universal tribal warfare that began well before recorded human history, to wars between city states, nations, or empires. Sort by: name (ascending | descending), price (ascending | descending), customer rating (ascending | descending) |
