ANCIENT WARS IN ESANLAND UP TO THE EARLY 1900S: RELEVANCE IN
CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
by Prof. Odion Simon Ehiabhi
The causes of war anywhere in the international system are as illogical as the
passion involved in executing the war. There are various reasons why war occurs and
these reasons, whatever they are, provide parties involved in war the justification for
warfare. The paper argues that war is preventable if only humanity could control the
influence of pride, ego, and the use of aggression. The article uses ancient wars in
Esanland of Nigeria as bases to argue that the reasons why nations go to war in
contemporary international politics are basically attributable to weaknesses in human
nature. “War is the greatest of all crimes, and yet there is no aggressor who does not
colo[u]r his crime with the pretext of justice.”
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