War studies
{{short description|Multidisciplinary study of war}}
{{Distinguish|Military science}}
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War studies, sometimes called polemology, is the multi-disciplinary study of war. It pertains to the military, diplomatic, philosophical, social, political, psychological or economic dimensions of human conflict.
The word polemology derives from {{langx|grc|πόλεμος|translit=pólemos|lit=war, battle}} + -logy.
History
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In 1943, King's College London reestablished its military science department as the Department of War Studies. The department was discontinued in 1948, and the field of war studies was taught in the Department of Medieval and Modern History until the Department of War Studies was reinstated in 1962.{{cite web|title=King's College London: Department of War Studies Records|url=http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k/10ki4655|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121043821/http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/k/10ki4655|archive-date=21 January 2014|access-date=17 January 2014|publisher=King's Collections}}
Disciplines
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- {{Annotated link |Laws of war}}
- {{Annotated link |Philosophy of war}}
- {{Annotated link |Ethics of war}}
- {{Annotated link |Just war theory}}
- {{Annotated link |Deterrence theory}}
- {{Annotated link |Psychology of war}}
- {{Annotated link |Post traumatic stress disorder}}
- {{Annotated link |Psychological operations}}
- {{Annotated link |Military history}}
- {{Annotated link |Military science}}
- Motivations, conduct and effect of war
- {{Annotated link |Economics of war}}
- {{Annotated link |Sociology of war}}
- {{Annotated link |Sociology of the military}}
- {{Annotated link |International relations}}
- {{Annotated link |International relations theory}}
- {{Annotated link |Political science}}
- {{Annotated link |Anthropology}}
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See also
{{Portal|Politics}}
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- {{Annotated link |International humanitarian law}}
- {{Annotated link |Peace and conflict studies}}
- {{Annotated link |Security studies}}
- {{Annotated link |Strategic studies}}
- {{Annotated link |Wargame}}
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References
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