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Introduction
The traditional political definition of peace was originated among the ancient Romans who defined that peace, “pax� as “absentia belli�, the absence of war.
Peace is a state of harmony, the absence of hostility. This term is applied to describe a cessation of violent international conflict. In this case, peace is the opposite of war.
Though human-beings are prone to seek peace, prosperity and civilization for their lives, means used to seek them were at times conducted through the contrast process: war.
The origin of war
War was influenced by the pessimistic side of human nature. Machiavelli stated in his book “The Prince� that “....to maintain the state the prince is often obliged to act against his promise, against charity, against humanity and against religion. He should not stray from the good, but he should know how to enter into evil when necessity commands.� Morgenthau has shown his facet by “Animus Dominandi� or the human......

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