Essay is still exceedingly relevant, but the "completely alien" part is probably that the men doing the bleeding and dying were from the wealthiest societies on

Essay is still exceedingly relevant, but the "completely alien" part is probably that the men doing the bleeding and dying were from the wealthiest societies on the planet. During WW1 and WW2 there was actually more violent death among the wealthy societies than among the poorest. That is extraordinarily different.