Article: World War I to World War IV: a democratic-economic perspective.(ECONOMICS ARTICLES)

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 ...

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