War

The number of people  killed by non-religious wars is between 120,290,396 and 180,896,390; and the number of those killed by religious wars is between 54,950,392 and 67,387,728. Since the dawn of time, wars and battles have had a significant impact on the course of history. Wars have occurred throughout much of the globe, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. The earliest documented evidence of warfare dates back to a battle in Mesolithic Egypt some 14,000 years ago. The History of England  and The History of Russia reveal almost constant warefare. Estimates for the total number of global war related casualties between 1900 and 2000 range as high as two hundren million. "the most typical, most cruel and extravagant form of conflict between man and man was deliberate."  -Albert Einstein "Psychotic anxieties and irrational behaviors tend to emerge in large groups. There is a xenophobic need to see an enemy outside the self. Individuals--to be and remain rationally free--must temporarily step outside the black box of conventional group identification and take stock of "self." Once this is done, one's natural inclination to participate as a group member may take on more realistic, less extreme, xenophobic perspectives. Realistic individuals who own their own aggressive inclinations have a beneficial effect, to some extent, on larger group processes. Psychotic anxieties and extremism are kept in check. " -From Psychology Today   President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address is famous for his prophetic warning about the military-industrial complex: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." List of wars by death toll Total war casualties United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia American War and Military Operations Casualties (census.gov) U.S. Military Spending Now 40% Of Every Income Tax Dollar Chart of Soldiers Died in Each U.S. War Direct War Death Toll Since 2001 20th Century War Casualties Wars and Casualties of the 20th and 21st Centuries Death Tolls for Wars Throughout History Wars ranked by casualties Global Casualties charts List of wars by death toll  PDF