We are emerging from what some historians have termed the “violent century.” Several researchers have declared the last one hundred years to be the bloodiest period in contemporary history. In May of 2010, Economist magazine featured a cover story on a phenomenon it called “gendercide” in Asian countries like China and India, involving the killing of at least one hundred million baby girls due to the cultural belief that they are less valuable than boys. Close to thirty-three million soldiers were killed in the wars of the twentieth century. Fifty-four million civilians were killed in conflict
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