Frequency of War

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such as when a nation says its military is more powerful than what it legitimately is. Misperceptions lead to numerous things all with negative outcomes, such as arms races, new alliances, and ultimately war. Another cause of war lies within the individual. According to Reinhold Niebuhr, "the origins of war lie within the depths of human psyche." Basically, every kind of living thing is equipped to use violence to survive, its science.
The explanation of the decrease in interstate wars is a simple explanation. An example of a well known interstate war is World War II; it was states within a nation fighting each other with the help of awesome allies. During this war a huge amount of lives were lost and much too much was destroyed. At the end of this war, the world's states came to the conclusion that another interstate war would destroy the states, and with the threat of nuclear weapons involved, another war could destroy all human life.
Interstate warfare is a happening of the ...

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