Exam 16: War and Terrorism

All of the following are true about war EXCEPT ______.

______ occurs when individuals act badly because they believe in well-established procedures that determine how to behave.

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)include all of the following EXCEPT ______.

Explain how a symbolic interactionist might approach the topic of military violence.Be sure to discuss the concepts of authorization,routinization,and dehumanization in your answer.

Discuss the limitations and shortcomings of the Global War on Terror and the programs associated with this initiative.Be sure to include examples in your response.

Colonial wars ended in 1945.

Waged wars between states are declining in number.

In globalized intrastate wars,organized violence is less ______ and more ______.

The ______ perspective makes two points when it comes to policy alternatives: the way we prioritize social problems,and the way we respond to social problems to create an agenda.

During World War II,the Soviet Union lost ______ million people of which ______% were civilians.

Any government that possesses nuclear weapons might be considered guilty of ______ because it seeks a political outcome.

According to the ______,participation in advanced consumer society reduces war with other prosperous countries.

The concept of authorization is most closely associated with the ______ theoretical tradition.

______ refers to defining the situation so the individual is absolved of responsibility for making personal moral choices.

The United States spends almost as much on its military as the rest of the world combined.

The "McDonald's theory of conflict resolution" suggests that countries with McDonald's restaurants do not fight each other.

About ______% of people who died in World War I were noncombatants.

______ is defined as "violence perpetrated for political reasons by subnational groups or secret state agents,often directed at noncombatant targets,and usually intended to influence an audience."

Using the ______ strategy,New York and other municipalities have used undercover agents to coax young men into discussions about terrorism.

Colonial wars ended after ______.