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"Most frequently and destructively violent" seems like European exceptionalism to me. Yes there's been lots of wars in Europe, but it's not like other parts of
by 0815test 8y ago
"Most frequently and destructively violent" seems like European exceptionalism to me. Yes there's been lots of wars in Europe, but it's not like other parts of the world have been free of conflict, it's just that us Western folks don't know as much about them.
- mikeash 8y agoI think that’s true if you look at a broader range of history, but if you look at the couple of centuries up through 1945, I don’t buy it. What other region during that period had something to rival the Napoleonic wars, the World Wars, and all the other European wars of that period? It’s difficult enough to find one conflict to rival either World War (the Taiping Rebellion comes to mind, and the Asian side of the Second World War, but that’s it), let alone enough wars in the same area to match the whole period. I am happy to be educated if I’m wrong, though!
- turtlecloud 8y agoTaiping and pacific theater were influenced by western thought. Taiping was led by a religious Jesus inspired fanatic. Japan was just copying Germany.