AN EXPLORATION OF THE COMPLEX INTERACTION BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MILITARY CONFLICT
AN EXPLORATION OF THE COMPLEX INTERACTION BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MILITARY CONFLICT

Summary/Abstract: The history of mankind has taken a sinuous path along the ages, with ups and downs, shifts in direction and changes of paces, accomplishments and tragedies. All these irregularities were due to different factors, the most important of them being probably wars. Like it or not, violence is in our genes and has driven the path of the societies, states, empires or republics as they appeared, rose, flourished or disappeared. During all that time, people surprisingly managed to evolve, economically and technologically. But where these developments independent of the violent nature of humans, or were they influenced by it? Or maybe the other way around? Since the sought answers are not simple, the present paper will try to bring just a little bit of light into this shadowy domain.

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