Die Ursachen des Krieges Nationalismus und Sozialdarwinismus

Many causes of war have been speculated. The atomic revolution, the end of the Cold War, the increase in ethno-national conflicts, and the spread of global capitalism and democracy have led to significant speculation about a turning point in the history of warfare. Some foresee an end to history and a gradual obsolescence of war, or at least of great power war, while others see an explosion of low-intensity wars and a clash of cultures. Each of these perspectives is based on some critical assumptions and theoretical statements about the causes of war. Nearly 20 years ago, two leading scholars in the field of international relations argued from different viewpoints that our systematic knowledge of international conflicts has made little progress since Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.