Nkhondo
Nkhondo ndi nkhondo yothetsera nkhondo pakati pa mayiko, maboma, mabungwe ndi osadziwika bwino magulu, monga azungu, opanduka ndi zigawenga. Kawirikawiri amadziwika ndi chiwawa choopsa, chiwawa, chiwonongeko, ndi kufa, pogwiritsa ntchito nthawi zonse kapena osagonjetsa asilikali. Nkhondo imatanthawuza zochitika zomwe zimachitika komanso zikhalidwe za nkhondo, kapena za nkhondo. Nkhondo yonse ndi nkhondo zomwe sizongogonjetsedwa ndi zida zenizeni zankhondo, ndipo zikhoza kuchititsa kuti anthu ambiri omwe sagonjetse usilikali kapena ena omwe sali nawo nkhondo akuvutika.
Ngakhale akatswiri ena akuwona nkhondo monga chilengedwe chonse ndi chibadwa cha umunthu, ena amakayikira kuti ndi chifukwa cha chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe kapena chilengedwe.
Nkhondo yowonongeka kwambiri m'mbiri yakale, ponena za chiwerengero cha anthu omwe anamwalira kuyambira pachiyambi, ndi Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko lonse, kuyambira 1939 mpaka 1945, ndipo anthu 60-85 miliyoni anamwalira, ndipo anagonjetsedwa ndi a Mongol mpaka 60 miliyoni. Pankhani yokhudzana ndi nkhanza zomwe zimakhalapo kale, nkhondo yowonongeka m'mbiri yamasiku ano ikhoza kukhala nkhondo ya Paraguay (onani kuphedwa kwa nkhondo za Paraguay). Nkhondo ya 2013 inachititsa kuti anthu 31,000 aphedwe, ndipo anafa 72,000 mu 1990. Mu 2003, Richard Smalley anafotokoza kuti nkhondo ndiyo vuto lalikulu lachisanu ndi chimodzi (khumi mwa khumi) lomwe likuyang'aniridwa ndi anthu kwa zaka makumi asanu zotsatira. Nkhondo nthawi zambiri imabweretsa kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa zowonongeka ndi zachilengedwe, kuchepa kwa ndalama zachuma, njala, kuchuluka kwa anthu osamukira kudziko la nkhondo, komanso nthawi zambiri kuzunzidwa kwa akaidi a nkhondo kapena anthu wamba. Mwachitsanzo, mwa anthu okwana 9 miliyoni omwe anali m'dera la Byelorussian SSR mu 1941, anthu okwana 1.6 miliyoni anaphedwa ndi Ajeremani pazochitika zosiyana ndi nkhondo, kuphatikizapo akaidi 700,000 a nkhondo, Ayuda okwana 500,000, ndi anthu 320,000 omwe amawerengedwa ngati alangizi (ambiri mwa iwo anali osasamaliridwa ndi nzika). Zina mwazinthu za nkhondo zina ndizofalitsa zowonjezereka ndi ena kapena maphwando onse pa nkhondoyo, komanso kuwonjezeka kwa ndalama zopangidwa ndi okonza zida.