Norman
Etherington: "Blainey revisited: has peace broken out in the 20th
century?" a chapter in: Hindess, Barry ()/Jolly, Margaret () [editors]
- Thinking peace making peace (2001) [Academy of Social Sciences in Australia;
Canberra; p.96; ISSN 1323-7136] -Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
(ASSA): http://www.assa.edu.au/publications/op/op12001.pdf [p.7-20]
In
the wars of the twentieth century about 120 million people were slaughtered.
At the beginning of the century 90 percent of
those war casualties were soldiers. As the century ended over 90 percent of war casualties were civilians. Modern war is a direct assault on the innocents . . . [Douglas Mattern (2000), ‘Humanity’s Juncture’, The Humanist, 60:9.as quoted by Etherington; p.12]
those war casualties were soldiers. As the century ended over 90 percent of war casualties were civilians. Modern war is a direct assault on the innocents . . . [Douglas Mattern (2000), ‘Humanity’s Juncture’, The Humanist, 60:9.as quoted by Etherington; p.12]
...
overall statistic of 110 million war-related deaths in the twentieth century
conceals a disproportionate weighting toward the period 1900- 1945. [tables
are compiled from statistics published in Sivard, Ruth (ed), World Military
and Social Expenditures, an irregularly issued periodical of which the
last number appeared in 1996. The form in which statistics appear varies
from number to number, which poses difficulties for anyone wishing to
compile decade-by-decade figures. The definition of war itself is problematic,
but these figures are the best I (Etherington) could find; p.13]
[ibid
p.13]
Statistic
taken from Gil Elliot's "Twenieth century book of the dead"
(1972). [there is a mistake in the pdf in giving the wrong source in the
caption on p.14, though the text makes it somehow clear this diagram comes
from Elliot's book, p.195 (tj.)]
...
chart
sets out war deaths in post-1945 conflicts in which the total loss of
life exceeded 100,000. Taken together, the ‘wars’ on this
list account for more than 24 million of the total of 25 million killed
during the period 1946-95. [p.17]
[p.18]
[p.19]