SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - September 11 Attacks, Three Links, Pentagon
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War organized, armed conflict between people of various societies directed by their governments. Military industrial communications complex close association of federal government, military and defense industries. Lie also in institutional structures of society. Not only as reaction to external threats. War is not simply a fight for justice; rather war is an institution that shapes the economic, environmental, civic, ideological, and political activities and practices of civilians and governments. World"s nations spend . 4t annually for military purposes. Us defense spending for years, this has been the government"s single biggest expentidure: now 2nd biggest after social security, 20% of federal spending. Us = 42% of world"s military spending. Arms dealers: leading countries us and uk. Destructive power: several tonnes of tnt for every person on the planet. Nuclear countries: us, russian federation, great britain, france, israel, Permanent members of un security council: us, russia, great britain, France, china: power structure: countries that predominate being nuclear-capable.
