Chapter 6: Violence, War, and

Terrorism
Lecturer: Chau Samphas
Class M3.1

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Unit 1: The Extent of Violence

Group 6:
Soun Sarith
Lay Theavy
Ngouv Sunlong
Chay Sotthiday
Kaing Reaksmeimony

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Introduction
Violence: behavior that is intended to bring pain or
physical injury to another person or to
harm or destroy property.
Collective violence: organized violence by relatively
large group of people to promote
or resist some social policies or
practices.
Examples: terrorists,Free
kidnap,
riot,
loots etc.
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Content
Introduction and extent of violence by
Sarith
International perspective by Theavy
Explanation of collective violence and war
by Sunlong
Applied research and theoretical
perspective by Thida
Consequence of war and terrorism
Future perspective by Leaksmy
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Unit 2: The Extent of Violence

I. Civil Disorders
1. Communal riots
2. Commodity riots
3. Labor strife
II. Political Violence
1. Insurrection
III. War
IV. Terrorism
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I. Civil Disorders
Civil disorder: strife or conflict that is threatening to
the public order and that involves the government
in some fashion, either as a party to the conflict or
as a guardian of the public interest.
Communal riots: done by large group
Commodity riots: focuses on properties
Labor strife: struggles between workers and
employers
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II. Political Violence

Insurrection : an organized action by some group to
rebel against the existing government and
to replace it with new political form and
leadership.

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III. War
War : armed hostilities between esp. nations;
conflict
U.S citizens

Political Scientists

U.S is a peaceful nation

U.S is a war-prone
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III. War( cont.)

Statistics:
-1816-1965 : involved in 6 wars.
-1798-1945 : 163 times military-purposed
troops sent out without
Congress approval.(Avg : 1/year)
- U.S invaded Nicaragua twenty times
- 1965: troop landed in the Dominican Republic
to forestall communist takeover .
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III. War( cont.)

- 1965-1975: in Vietnam conflict.
- Recently, U.S entered conflicts in Lebanon,
the Caribbean island of Grenada, and Panama.
- 1991: leader to drive Iraqi aggressors out
Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War.
- 2001: attack Al-Qaeda terrorist network in
Afghanistan.
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III. War( cont.)

Major wars in this century are: World War I,
World War II, Korean War, and Persian Gulf
War
The role of U.S is to repel aggression or to
protect freedom.
However, casualties was high due to modern
technology.

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III. War( cont.)

- Aerial bombing: effects not only troop but also
town and cities in vicinity
- Saturation bombing : e.g.: in Dresden,
Germany(WWI)
135,000 civilian killed.
- Atomic bomb: killed 200,000 at Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.

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IV. Terrorism
Terrorism : refers to the attempt to achieve
political goals by using fear and
intimidation to disrupt the normal
operations of a society.
** In past few decades, terrorist attacks in U.S
have been infrequent but sometimes highly
destructive.

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IV. Terrorism( Cont.)

Statistic:
- 1993 : the World Trade center was bombed
- 1995 : a federal building in Oklahoma City
was destroyed by a horrific bomb
explosion( 167 killed, 442 wounded)
- 2001 : terrorists piloted airplanes into the
Pentagon in Washington and the World Trade
Centre in New York ( over 3,000 innocent
people killed)
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Applied Research
September 11, 2001
Planes crashed into the
World Trade Centre in NY
and the Pentagon in
Washington DC
Three thousands people
died.

What are the social roots of terrorist

violence?

Grievance
Technological advances
Modern communication technology
Religious justification

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Theoretical Perspective on
Collective Violence and War

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Constructing War: The Role of

Mass Media
Mass Media: refers collectively to all
media technologies, including the Internet,
television, newspapers, film and radio,
which are used for mass communications,
and to the organizations which control
these technologies.

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Viewing violence
To persuade or influence
Stressing the role of technology
Controlled by politicians and military
leaders
Broadcasting one-sided portrayal

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Unit 3: Future Prospects

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Gun Control
There are gun control programs that
prohibit some individual such as felons
from owning guns or requiring the
registration of guns.
Due to the research, this restriction has
very little impact on reducing violence.

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Media Control
There have been pressures from parents
and educators to establish control over
television programs.
Television networks, broadcasters and
cable companies collaborate to reduce the
amount of violence content.
Resistance to control over the media
arises among those who support freedom
of speech and freedom of press.
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Preventing War
The balance of power:
Massive retaliation
Mutually assured destruction
Balance of power
Arm control and disarmament.

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