Religion Is A Motivator, Not A Motive For Conflict

Abstract

Throughout history have several wars been classified as religious wars, wars caused by religious differences. I propose that few wars ever have this basic motive, but rather use religious motivation to promote passion into soldiers and justify seemingly unjustifiable conflicts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2013
Accession Number
AD1023006

Entities

People

  • Eirik Stueland

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Christianity
  • Civil War
  • Governments
  • History
  • Insurgency
  • Motivation
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Religion
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Violence
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.