War

War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme collective aggression, destruction, and usually high mortality. The set of techniques and actions used to conduct war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called "peace". Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant casualties.

While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature, others argue that it is only a result of specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances.

In 2013 war resulted in 31,000 deaths down from 72,000 deaths in 1990. The deadliest war in history, in terms of the cumulative number of deaths since its start, is the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with 60–85 million deaths, followed by the Mongol conquests which was greater than 41 million. Proportionally speaking, the most destructive war in modern history is the War of the Triple Alliance, which took the lives of over 60% of Paraguay's population, according to Steven Pinker. In 2003, Richard Smalley identified war as the sixth (of ten) biggest problem facing humanity for the next fifty years. War usually results in significant deterioration of infrastructure and the ecosystem, a decrease in social spending, famine, large-scale emigration from the war zone, and often the mistreatment of prisoners of war or civilians. Another byproduct of some wars is the prevalence of propaganda by some or all parties in the conflict, and increased revenues by weapons manufacturers.

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First World War letters put a human face on the war that shaped Canada

CTV 07 Nov 2018

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Breitbart 07 Nov 2018

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World War I soldier poetry to be discussed on Veterans Day

Salina Journal 07 Nov 2018

ABILENE — On the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, poetry written by soldiers will be read and discussed in a free Veterans Day presentation beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home.Family and historical documents show that soldiers from every country involved in World War I wrote poetry. Tim Rives, Eisenhower Library deputy director and a U.S ... ....

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Lower Hudson Online 07 Nov 2018

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China's ties with Taiwan chip firms under scrutiny as U.S. trade war heats up

Reuters 07 Nov 2018

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Andrew Gillum’s Kids Embody the Voter’s Warring Impulses in the 2018 Midterm Elections

New Yorker 07 Nov 2018

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Boeing, Airbus fret over trade war as China displays aviation ambitions

Manila Bulletin 07 Nov 2018

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Life after war: Orville Gibbons' story

CTV 07 Nov 2018

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'Malaysia observing US-China trade war very closely'

Malaysia Kini 07 Nov 2018

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Poh Huat to benefit from ongoing trade war

The Star 07 Nov 2018

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Shrouds of the First World War: A project of passion

Skynews 07 Nov 2018

In a project of pure passion, a Somerset artist has made a remarkable undertaking to remember those fallen in the First World War in a truly unique way ... ....

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