Explain the origins of major power wars

The bottom line is
that you need to demonstrate a
keen understanding
of the
course materials. Playing with format
in order to write less will
decrease the probability that you
can demonstrate
your understanding
of the materials.
Please do not
include pictures, charts, or tables
in your
essay. Please do not copy/paste
lecture notes into the text
of your
response. Please
do not
simply paraphrase the lecture notes
or the book. You must demonstrate a keen
understanding of the course materials
• Double spacing,

• Please
use 12pt
Times New
Roman or
Helvetica. Monospaced
typeface such as Courier is
not allowed,
• 1-inch margins,

• No more than
1 inch
of space
dedicated to title and header
(you only
need to
include title of the prompt that
you are
responding to in the title/header),
• No extraneous space
between paragraphs or headers.

Citation. Cite lecture
and readings
where appropriate
(points will be deducted otherwise):
• Include a
bibliography page at the end
of your
paper,
• Include in-text
citations throughout the paper,2
• You may
use any
standard citation style, (MLA, APA,
Chicago, etc.),

• Please do
not use
outside sources
If you are citing a particular
lecture, then you can use
“(Lecture, MM/DD)” for in-text citations.
You need to provide date of the lecture when you cite the lectures. We don’t particularly care about the format of your citation (i.e. APA, etc.). It can simply be something like “POLI 142K Lecture, August 11, 2021”.
• Extensive
amount of footnotes is not
encouraged,3
• Please
do not
copy/paste lecture notes into the
text of
your response.
Please do not simply paraphrase the lecture notes or
the book.
• Plagiarism will
not be
tolerated.

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