1870-71: Franco-Prussian War, 433K dead 1914-1918: WWI, 17.6M dead, including 116K Americans 1939-1945: WWII, 54M dead in Europe, including 277K Americans 1949: NATO founded 1949-Present: No major European wars 2018: "NATO's stupid. What does it do for us anyway?"
-
-
The horrors of WWII were orders of magnitude worse than the ones in WWI. We also witnessed what new horrors could be in stock for WWIII when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were burned to the ground in milliseconds. Institutions and reckoning were both key factors.
-
Absolutely. It's not either/or.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.