The English word war derives from the 11th-century Old English words wyrre and werre, from Old French werre (also guerre as in modern French), in turn from the Frankish *werra, … See more

• Asymmetric warfare is the methods used in conflicts between belligerents of drastically different levels of military capability or size.
• Biological warfare, or germ warfare, is the use of biological infectious agents or toxins such as … See more

Entities contemplating going to war and entities considering whether to end a war may formulate war aims as an evaluation/propaganda tool. War aims may stand as a … See more

There are many theories about the motivations for war, but no consensus about which are most common. Military theorist See more

The earliest evidence of prehistoric warfare is a Mesolithic cemetery in Jebel Sahaba, which has been determined to be about 13,400 years … See more

Military and civilian casualties
Throughout the course of human history, the average number of people dying from war has fluctuated … See more

The morality of war has been the subject of debate for thousands of years.
The two principal aspects of ethics in war, according to the just war theory, are jus ad bellum and jus in bello.
Jus ad bellum (right to war), dictates which unfriendly acts and … See more