GEOG 1HA3 Lecture : Geography of War and Terrorism stuff.docx
7 Dec 2013
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Geographies of war, peace & terrorism: there are 5 categories/types of conflict, 1. Between states (e. g. wwi and wwii; vietnam; middle-east conflicts between. Israel and egypt, lebanon, syria, etc. : 2. Quest for independence from foreign dominance/occupation (e. g. united states; Succession conflicts (e. g. quebec; basque; ireland; chechnya; taiwan; etc. : 4. Civil war (within a state) (e. g. cuba; united states; france; bolivia; etc. : 5. Ireland: ex. 3 - 9/11, planes are hijacked and fly in to the world trade centre, pentagon and with failure, the white house, four broad (and often over-lapping) categories of terrorism: Revolutionary: seeking a political regime change (e. g. algerian front de. Liberation nationale" (fln) against french colonial rule in the 1950s: 2. Separatists: seeking autonomy or independence (e. g. basque and quebec: 3. Single-issue: seeking to advance a specific cause (peta and greenpeace: 4. Fanaticism: a person filled with excessive (and mistaken?) enthusiasm (especially in religion, but this applies to nationalism more generally: 1.
