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War as a Human Endeavor: The High-Fatality Wars of the Twentieth Century

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ID3916939
AutoresArthur H Westing (Hampshire College, autor correspondente)
Ano1982
Volume19
Fascículo3
Páginas261-270
Data de publicação1982-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002234338201900305
PMID11614796
OpenAlexW2151078102
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas3

Those 45 of the hundreds of wars of the first eight decades of the twentieth century that resulted in at least 32 thousand military plus civilian fatalities are each described in brief. About three such high-fatality wars were usually progressing simultaneously in any year, and there was only one year during the period in which none was being waged. The total number of fatalities was about 86 million, between 1% and 2 % of all individuals living during the period. It is concluded that war remains a routine, normal human activity, an activity that accounts for a small, continuing fraction of premature deaths

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