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War has escaped the battlefield and now can, with modern guidande systems on missiles,touch virtually every square yard of the earth's surface.War has also lost most of its utility in achieving the traditional goals of confilict.Control of territory carrieds with it the obligations to provide subject peoples certain administrative,health,education,and other social services;such obligations far outweigh the benefits of control.If the ruled population is ethically or racially different from the rulers ,tensions and chronic unrest often exist which further reduce the benefits and increase the costs of domination. Large population no longer necessarily enhance state power and, in the absence of high levels of ecnomic development,can impose severe burdens on food suppy,jobs,and the broad range of services expected of modern governments.The non-economic security reasons for the control of territory have been progreesively undermined by the advandces of modern technology.The benefits of forcing another nantion to surrender its wealth are vastly outweighed by the benefits of persuading that nantion to produce and exchange goods and services.In brief,imperialism no longer pays.
Making war has been one of the most persisent of human activities in the 80 centuries since men and women settled in cities and thereby became civilized,but the modernization of the past 80 years has fundamentally changed the role and function of war.In premodernized societies,successful warfare brought significant material rewards,the most obvious of which were the stored wealth of the defeated.Equally important was human labor-control over people as slaves or levies for the victor's army, and ther was the productive capacity-agricultural lands and mines.Successful warfare also produced psychic benefits.The removal or destrucion of a threat brought a sense of security ,and power gained over others created pride and national self-esteem.
War accepted in the premodernized society as a part of the human condition, a mechanism of change,and an unavoiable,even noble,aspect of life.The excitement and drama of war made it vital part of literature and legends.
[ 此贴被gary302025在2006-10-25 22:52重新编辑 ]
