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war
War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. An absence of war is usually called "peace". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. 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 it is a result of specific socio-cultural or ecological circumstances.
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. As concerns a belligerent's losses in proportion to its prewar population, the most destructive war in modern history may have been the Paraguayan War (see Paraguayan War casualties). In 2013 war resulted in 31,000 deaths, down from 72,000 deaths in 1990. 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. For instance, of the nine million people who were on the territory of Soviet Belarus in 1941, some 1.6 million were killed by the Germans in actions away from battlefields, including about 700,000 prisoners of war, 500,000 Jews, and 320,000 people counted as partisans (the vast majority of whom were unarmed 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.
Numerous media outlets are reporting that Lebanon has declared war on Saudi Arabia in what appears to be a religiously motivated issue.
Not sure how this might affect the US, but I'm always concerned about anything further destabilizing the Middle East. Something to keep an eye on.
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I found this interesting. Some of the World War II vets laughed (part 2 at 1:28) at the Vietnam vets that complained about the weight of the M60 (pig) machine gun. We just keep getting more pussified as time goes on...
Part 1
Video—The Men and Guns of the Vietnam War, Part 1
Part 2
Video—The...
Hey guys, is anyone else watching "The Vietnam War" on public broadcasting? It's a multi part documentary starting at the beginning and, surprisingly enough, ending at the end!
Like all Ken Burns doc's it's stunningly detailed and precise. The film, period films and photos, the music, writing...
I am selling my remington 1903a3. Rifle is in great shape, have tons of pictures if interested. asking $700
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Hey All, I am looking for some advice on a unique item I came into. It is a 1911 Upper Assembly. I am thinking of selling it but have no idea what it is worth. Any advice would be appreciated. I was thinking of putting it up here or on gunbroker but do not know what it is worth.
This is going to be the lat bump on these. If they don't se;;/trade, so be it! It was the Gods' will to stay with me, and with the other 2 complete sets! Yes, I acquired the other one commemorating the European, and N African war theater, too, and it came with another set of these! so this is a...