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On the other hand, it's been what... 80 years since a conflict between continental European nations. Has there ever been a gap that long in recorded history?
by missedthecue 6y ago
On the other hand, it's been what... 80 years since a conflict between continental European nations. Has there ever been a gap that long in recorded history?
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- tomp 6y agoThe first 50 years of that peace was Europe being split between two nuclear superpowers. So the “peace” (more like a standoff) isn’t entirely our (European) fault.
- triceratops 6y agoFrance and the UK still maintain nuclear arsenals.
- eloff 6y agoNot really relevant to the cold war standoff in Europe though.
- eloff 6y agoI think the last 80 years have been the most peaceful in recorded human history in spite of, or perhaps because of the constant threat of nuclear Armageddon. Globalization is a part of it, but I don't think it's sufficient in itself to keep the peace.
- SomewhatLikely 6y agoBetter Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker examines this and the general decline in violence on many levels.
- avmich 6y agoSigh. If only. Do you know what happened with Crimea in 2014 - and what was going on in Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in February 2015?