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Question 1
1.The advent of localized armed conflicts in the 21st century has introduced an age of “new wars” which are qualitatively different—
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Question 2
2.Identify some of the journalistic, editorial, and corporate factors mentioned by media critics—such as Edward Herman—that have led to the growth of systematic bias in US media coverage of wars and regional conflicts.
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Question 3
3.Discuss both sides of the current debate over the role of “humanitarian” military missions, and of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine
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Question 4
4.Explain—with some illustrative examples—the difference between indirect violence versus direct violence in civil and interstate wars,
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Question 5
5.Illustrate some of the ways in which the egalitarian norms of group safety, solidarity, and security are enforced in front-line combat units, and how deviant behaviour is sanctioned.
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Question 6
6.Name and distinguish at least three different types of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (or drones) currently deployed in contemporary combat zones. Define the three major types of military tasks (3-D’s)
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Question 7
7.Recount some of the reasons that The American Soldier is now regarded as a “landmark work” in military sociology and the study of war. Discuss some of the new research methods, concepts,
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Question 8
Compare and contrast several different models of transitional justice—from minimalist models such as the International Criminal Court, special courts, and tribunals, to maximalist models—such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions.
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Question 9
Select three different real-life examples of war, armed conflict or organized violence which illustrate each of the different types of cruelty described by Randall Collins. Show how each of your examples meets the criteria established by Randall Collins in his classification of the different types of cruelty.
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Question 10
10.Name several countries, states or nations in which wartime crimes of rape and sexual violence have been committed on a mass scale and identify three major factors
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Question 11
11.Although it is customary to view war as a wholly destructive and negative event, it is also possible to view war in more positive terms. Identify some of the ways in which war has contributed to social progress at different times in the history of humanity.
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Question 12
Discuss some of the major discrepancies in the counting of wartime civilian casualties by different reporting agencies. Explain how these different agencies may vary in their definition and classification of “civilians”.
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Key Terms
Intra state wars,
Proxy wars,
Monopoly bias
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