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The twentieth century was a very violent period in the history of mankind, with more human casualties than all the preceding centuries combined, mostly because of the two world wars and a number of intra- and interstate conflicts. The total number of casualties, both military and civilian, in World War I was about 37 million; between 50 and 70 million people died in World War II, while Operation Desert Storm – the Mother of All Battles (1990–1991) cost between 20,000 and 35,000 fatalities. It is also estimated that 75,000 Iraqi soldiers were wounded while 183,000 U.S. veterans of the Gulf War have been declared permanently disabled (Keaney & Cohen, 1993; Fisk, 2005).
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Ameyaw, A., Adzahlie-Mensah, V. (2012). Achieving The Culture of Limited Aggression. In: Asabere-Ameyaw, A., Dei, G.J.S., Raheem, K., Anamuah-Mensah, J. (eds) Contemporary Issues in African Sciences and Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-702-8_12
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