POLSCI 3Q03- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 3Q03
• Professor: Mark Busser

Document Summary

Is it fighting for a cause: class discussion section (week 1, for what causes do peoples and countries take up armed conflict, needs, interests, desires. The iraq war: american invasion of iraq (2003, afghanistan was the place where al-quaeda had its bases, had to do nothing with 9/11, it was about nuclear weapons. Iraq war (2003-2011: what was it about, oil, public pressure, economic involvement and benefitting from war, geopolitical interests, destabilization, religion, neo-imperialism, military-industrial complex, military bureaucracy. Sun tzu (master sun) - 8th century bce: quotes. "every war is won before it is fought: k(cid:374)o(cid:449) yourself, k(cid:374)o(cid:449) e(cid:374)e(cid:373)y . Spirit and chi of an organization: energy/potential of a military can be organized strategically using time, the nine varieties of ground (how you"re fighting, dispersive ground (within your own territory) Facile ground (you"re barely into enemy territory and can leave if you choose: contentious ground, open ground, ground of intersecting highways.