Deck 15: War: Politics by Other Means

Question 1

The mission of NETWARCOM is to encompass electronic warfare, psychological operations, and operational security.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

How many principal causes of war did Hobbes identify?

A)Two
B)Three
C)Four
D)Five
E)Six

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Though global conditions are uncertain, only the few nation weakest nations feel insecure.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Crimes against peace is a category of war crimes, first introduced at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, covering the wanton, brutal extermination of millions of innocent civilians.

Question 5

What did Woodrow Wilson NOT believe?

A)National self-determination would be the key to humanity's political salvation.
B)If peoples were given a choice of government, they would universally choose democracy.
C)If all countries were democratic, the moral force of world public opinion would be a powerful deterrent to war.
D)It is possible to trust in the morality and common sense of the ordinary person.
E)The nation-state is rapidly becoming an obsolete form of political society.

Question 6

Which of the following played only a minor role in the major wars of the twentieth century?

A)Nationalism
B)Arms races
C)Nationalistic universalism
D)Religion
E)Reasons of state

Question 7

George W. Bush was the first American President to wage war on a concept.

Question 8

According to Morgenthau, human nature and a drive for self-awareness are a leading, if not the leading, cause of conflict.

Question 9

Rousseau might be seen as part of the intellectual tradition that glorified war.

Question 10

Some psychologists see war and aggression as normal human responses to the environment.

Question 11

Hegel argued that war may often be a positive event for a society.

Question 12

The pragmatic basis for foreign policy that places the national interest above moral considerations or idealistic motives is known as nationalism.

Question 13

The just war doctrine only justifies defensive wars.

Question 14

Locke and Hobbes disagreed about the condition of humanity in a "state of nature."

Question 15

Lenin believed that capitalistic states are more warlike than socialistic ones.

Question 16

The deliberate use of military threats to create a crisis atmosphere is known as brinkmanship.

Question 17

The human condition before the creation of a social code of behavior and collective techniques to control normal human impulses is known as the state of nature.

Question 18

What did Rousseau believe was the cause of war?

A)Religion and intolerance
B)Society and private property
C)Psychology and survival instincts
D)Nationalism and hatred
E)All of the above

Question 19

The cornerstone of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points was the principle of the right to national self-determination.

Question 20

Which thinker would have described himself as a pacifist?

A)Friedrich Nietzsche
B)G.W.F. Hegel
C)Homer
D)Both B and C
E)None of the above

Question 21

Differentiate among the following types of wars: Nuclear war, proxy war, total war, accidental war, and cyber war.

Question 22

Which is NOT a characteristic of "total war"?

A)All countries in the international system are involved.
B)There are no restrictions on the means or tactics used.
C)Whole societies are involved in the war effort.
D)Both A and B
E)Both A and C

Question 23

What has been the most significant change to warfare? Consider technological advancements like the development of nuclear weapons, political changes such as the development of the nation-state system, and changing justifications for war like just war theory.

Question 24

Which of the following is a criticism of the just war doctrine?

A)It represents moral relativism.
B)It contradicts international capitalist theory.
C)It embodies an ethnocentric bias.
D)It prevents long-term peace from developing.
E)Both A and C are correct.

Question 25

Why did nuclear countries agree to go MAD?

A)It created the situation where each country could rely on other countries to help defend it.
B)It created a stalemate situation.
C)It created a situation where a country could wipeout another country's military capabilities.
D)It created a situation where nobody could win.
E)It created a situation where only one country had most of the control.

Question 26

Which term best describes a war that generates violence and destruction well beyond a nation's intention?

A)Proxy war
B)Catalytic war
C)Total war
D)Accidental war
E)None of the above

Question 27

According to Lenin, why are capitalist countries imperialistic?

A)Capitalists want to conquer and subdue all workers.
B)They fear popular uprisings at home and want to maintain the status quo.
C)Colonial territories provide raw materials and foreign markets for produce.
D)Monopoly capitalists push their countries into war for the good of their inhabitants.
E)Both a and b

Question 28

What is a war of misperception?

A)Armed conflict due to the wrong interpretation of a diplomatic dispatch
B)Armed conflict due to an escalation of a small war into a larger one
C)Armed conflict due to an argument over territory
D)Armed conflict due to the misreading of a situation
E)None of the above

Question 29

What are the requirements of a just war according to the Just War Doctrine? Do you believe war can be morally justified? Why or why not?

Question 30

According to Locke, where do the aggressive acts in a "state of nature" come from?

A)A natural human propensity toward violence
B)The imperatives of survival in a harsh environment
C)The existence of society and property
D)The inherent selfishness of human beings
E)All of the above

Question 31

What is the term for a war in which adversaries choose not to use the most potent weapons available to them?

A)Catalytic war
B)Accidental war
C)Proxy war
D)Limited war
E)War of misperception

Question 32

What term best describes the death of civilians while trying to kill enemy combatants in a war zone?

A)War crimes
B)Collateral damage
C)Crimes against humanity
D)Both A and C
E)All of the above

Question 33

Which of the following are characteristics of the War on Terror?

A)It is open-ended.
B)It can go on for generations.
C)It is cast as a contest between good and evil.
D)All of the above are correct.
E)None of the above are correct.

Question 34

Who argued that totalitarian governments are inherently aggressive?

A)Hannah Arendt
B)Hans Morgenthau
C)James Dougherty
D)Robert Pfaltzgraff
E)None of the above

Question 35

Does sovereignty apply in cyber space?

A)Just as much as in the real world
B)Only for the computer systems physically located within one's borders
C)Only at the moment a country's firewalls are breached
D)Only if there is a legal and verifiable trail back to the country of origin
E)This has not yet been determined.

Question 36

Economics is a known cause of specific wars, but what evidence do we have that economic pressures are a general cause of war?

A)Statistical correlation exists between economics and war.
B)The rise of capitalism saw a surge in wars.
C)The advent of private property brought a surge in war.
D)Human conflict has always been about profit and the motives to make more profit.
E)There are none.

Question 37

Explain Kant's theory of Perpetual Peace, and how it was given new life by Woodrow Wilson. How is this theory connected to the paradox of democratic peace? How convincing are these theories?

Question 38

Differentiate among the theories of war by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Locke, and Lenin.

Question 39

Which is NOT a typical characteristic of a country likely to launch an aggressive war?

A)A rapidly expanding population
B)Has a risk-oriented leader
C)Suffering from extreme poverty
D)Is a powerful country
E)Shares many borders with neighboring states

Question 40

According to Richard Falk, what is the cause of war?

A)The war system
B)Population explosions
C)Shortages of natural resources
D)Environmental overload
E)All of the above

Question 41

Can we sustain a war against an idea, concept, or condition? Explain.