polemology (po-luh-MOL-uh-jee) noun
The science and study of human conflict and war.
[From Greek, polemos (war) + -logy (study).]
-Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org)
"Polemology begins, in other words, with a frank recognition of the overpowering superiority of the strong over the weak, and thus of the likelihood of defeat." Simon Joyce; Resisting Arrest/Arresting Resistance; Criticism (Detroit); Spring 1995.
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