Article(electronic)August 1966

The Changing Shape of Conflict: Are We Headed for Catastrophe or Cooperation?

In: Worldview, Volume 9, Issue 7-8, p. 4-8

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Abstract

There is nothing novel about change. The reality is that the only certainty is change. Some recent changes have created an atmosphere in which a worldwide war is the more likely to develop or, conversely, out of which the prospect for a better world order is being generated.It is sometimes difficult to realize that a number of wars have actually taken place since World War II. Recently a magazine compiled a list of forty. Even then it excluded some border differences which might have been listed as wars. Not all of these were large-scale wars, but the number of serious conflicts remains impressive. These wars took place when it is generally accepted that an uneasy peace exists. Most of these, in a different era, could have precipitated a worldwide conflict. Why not since 1945?

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English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

DOI

10.1017/s0084255900006665

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