What is war and armed conflict?

The whole history of mankind is permeated with wars and conflicts. And even nowadays you can often hear in the news about such things. So what is war? It is necessary to give a brief general definition of this term from the outset.

What is war? These are armed actions, the struggle and the manifestation of aggression between peoples, states, tribes, cities (any large organized group of individuals). In this opposition, they use the means of both physical and ideological and economic impact.

What is war? It is necessarily a struggle between organized social groups. Confrontation between organizations within the country for political, ideological and economic domination using forceful methods and throughout the country is called a civil war. The war for state power is called a revolution.

What is a war in terms of history? Over the past five and a half thousand years, according to estimates of historians, there were about fourteen and a half thousand wars. This includes large and small conflicts, including two world wars. In the course of these confrontations, more than three and a half billion people were killed.

In the modern world, in connection with the end of the so-called "cold war" between the Soviet Union and the United States of America, which took place in the second half of the last century, the likelihood and danger of using nuclear weapons in armed conflicts has significantly decreased. As you know, such weapons have a tremendous destructive force.

What is war today? Even in the twenty-first century, local conflicts continue. Basically, they are connected with territorial, religious, national disagreements, separatist movements, tribal discord and others (in history this is called the "essence of the war"). Such societies as the United Nations (UN), the international community, seek to create systems of interstate relations that would eliminate the threat of force.

What is the war in symbolism? It is a symbol of reunification and separation, the establishment of order and the elimination of disorder. In religion it is a symbol of eternal confrontation between evil forces and good, a symbol of the conflict of Light and Darkness. However, the war in mysticism and esotericism is rather a spiritual battle to achieve unity.

What is the war in art and science? One can regard this process as an act of violence, which aims to force a rival (opponent, oppositionist) to carry out the will imposed by force. To counter this act of aggression, inventions of sciences and arts are used. Thus, war (like any physical or moral violence) is exclusively a means. But the goal can be called precisely the imposition of one's own will on the enemy.

The purpose of military operations is to destroy the enemy, to disarm him, to deny his ability to resist. The war is mainly due to two different factors: hostile intent and feelings. However, the decisive, final act of war can not be looked at as something absolute, since the defeated country sees in it only an evil that can be completely eliminated in the future (this is called the "extended war time").