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Title: World War I to World War IV: a Democratic-Economic Perspective (Economics ARTICLES)
Author : Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research
Release Date : January 01, 2005
Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 274 KB

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ABSTRACT This paper analyses the idea that the world has not only experienced World War I and World War II but has also fought World War III and is currently waging World War IV. Socio-political and economic factors are applied to the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries to make the case that these four World Wars should be reclassified and taught as such. The wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries are termed the Wars of Democracy, given that fact that all of the wars involve nations that were democratic in governance against forces that were non-democratic in governance. A simplified classification of the World Wars for Democracy I, II, III, and IV is presented. The non-democratic antagonists are recognized as promoting the causes of Imperialism (World War I), Fascism (World War II), Communism (World War III) and Religious Fanaticism (World War IV). These non-democratic antagonists share commonalities necessary for the existence of their causes. Each non-democratic group found it necessary to identify weaker, easy to persecute, opponents either within or without their countries. These weaker groups were used as threats to the non-democratic causes that needed to be conquered and/or annihilated. Second, each non-democratic protagonist was compelled to constantly imprison, execute and combat oppressed groups within their homeland and conquered borders. These oppressive actions had an economic consequence since the actions caused the non-democratic forces to utilize scarce resources in less advantageous ways. Thirdly, all of the non-democratic forces had fewer resources and productive capacity than the democratic forces. Due to the constant strain on economic resources, it can be reasonably deduced, that the non-democratic forces did not possess or could not maintain technological proficiency over their enemies. Fourth, the non-democratic forces did not provide a compelling socio-political, economic or religious/moral appeal to their citizenry, outside the realm of physical force, to enable a long-term plan of conquest. Religious fanatics waging World War IV have all four of the above factors working against them.