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War is also a cultural entity, and its practice is not linked to any single type of political organization or society.
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Taeil Eric EWSIS on 09 Dec 09War wasn't created by government or society.
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In the organised military sense, a group of combatants and their support is called an army on land, a navy at sea, and an air force in the air.
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War is not limited to the human species; Ants engage in massive intra-species conflicts which might be termed warfare, and chimpanzee packs will engage each other in tribe like warfare.
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As the strategic and tactical aspects of warfare are always changing, theories and doctrines relating to warfare are often reformulated before, during, and after every major war.
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War is a reciprocated, armed conflict between two or more non-congruous entities, aimed at reorganising a subjectively designed, geo-politically desired result.
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A civil war is a war between factions of citizens of one country (such as in the American Civil War), or else a dispute between two nations that were created out of one formerly-united country. A proxy war is a war that results when two powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.
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A military campaign includes not only fighting but also intelligence, troop movements, supplies, propaganda, and other components.
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War is not necessarily considered to be the same as occupation, murder, or genocide because of the reciprocal nature of the violent struggle, and the organized nature of the units involved.
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Motivations for war may be different for those ordering the war than for those undertaking the war.
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Any case, the most important motivation to war is, in several ways, the imperialism