SOCI 1160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Doomsday Clock, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mass Media
Document Summary
After world war two scientists contracted the doomsday clock to assess the threat of nuclear annihilation. Though the end of the cold war resulted in a decrease in tensions-the recent trend is toward greater danger. War is violent conflict among nations or organized groups. Throughout the 20th century there is no time where there was not an armed conflict somewhere on the planet. Almost half of all us deaths occurred after the civil war (1861-1865). Weapons of mass destruction are (cid:449)eapo(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith destru(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e po(cid:449)er to kill (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s of people at o(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Causes of war: perceived threat, cultural and religious differences, political objectives, moral objectives, wealth, power and global standing, social problems, absence of alternatives. Military industrial complex is the close association of the federal government, the military and defense industries. Us spent more than billion to help rebuild iraq after the war. Total war is deadly conflict that targets population centers as well as military targets.
