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'''Militarism''' is a political philosophy which sees the [[military]] as the most important part of society. Militarism advocates strong armed forces and their use in settling international disputes. Examples include [[Third Reich|Nazi]] [[Germany]], pre-[[World War II]] [[Japan]] and modern [[North Korea]].
'''Militarism''' is a political philosophy which sees the [[military]] as the most important part of society. Militarism advocates strong armed forces and their use in settling international disputes. Examples include [[Third Reich|Nazi]] [[Germany]], pre-[[World War II]] [[Japan]] and modern [[North Korea]].
Historian [[Arnold J. Toynbee]] argued that [[civilization]]s die from suicide, not murder, and he identified militarism as the most common and potent self-inflicted cause of collapse.
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