The Age Of War: Will It End Or Endure?

‘Age of War’: will it end or endure? Starting from ancient ages the history of humanity is the history of wars. The biggest events in humanity evolution: prevalence of mankind in the world, foundation and collapse of states, empires and interstate alliances, the great scientific discoveries and etc. are marked with armed conflicts. As we know, throughout human history the most prominent personalities which left their imprint such as: Alexander the Great; Caesar; Napoleon and many others immortalized in history thanks to their military achievements. The current technocratic society was created by scientific achievements most of which initially had to satisfy military industry needs. In the first half of XX century humanity developed technologies
Casualties between militaries and civilians have reached hitherto unprecedented scale. Foundation of nuclear weapon was culminating point of human wars history when the next global military conflict could lead to the end of all mankind. So, is the ‘Age of Wars’ will endure? Will be crossed a boundary after which humanity may have to create its history from beginning? During the last half of the century these questions have become sufficiently widespread themes. Such authors as: F. Fukuyama (1989), J. Goldstein (2011) and S. Pinker (2011) in their works provide both optimistic and pessimistic arguments. The main thesis of this argumentative essay is: ‘Age of War’ still enduring but there are positive indications that one day it will end. This essay consists of three parts: introduction, main body and conclusions. The arguments to prove the thesis will be based on
Military conflicts accompanied mankind throughout its evolution. Means and methods of warfare have been developed throughout ages. Along with the evolution of warfare human society evolved in to that stage where war is incompatible with the prosperity. The statistical data and facts from past decades show that humanity is moving right direction to end ‘Age of War’. The nature of wars has changed in the way where its impact on people’s lives is decreasing. Expanding democratic society gives a hope that wars will be no longer compatible with the existence of democratic society norms. However, it would be naïve to expect wars will stop soon. The world remains miscellaneous. Besides to democracy there are other political systems which have a means to involve humanity in unprecedented scale conflicts. Military conflicts are still undergoing right know. It remains to believe in common sense of humanity and that one day peace will prevail in the