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Jan 12, 2021 · The 20th century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity's most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert's masterful examination of the century's history, offering the highlights of a ...
The optimists among us who believe in the inevitable progress of man, either forget or ignore the fact that the twentieth century was the bloodiest, most destructive century in human history. The century’s two world wars resulted in the deaths of at least 60 million people.
Nov 5, 2006 · By James F. Hoge Jr. November 5, 2006 at 12:00 a.m. EST. The 20th century was the bloodiest in history. By now, the destruction is generally acknowledged, but the causes of the century's...
- James F. Hoge Jr.
The twentieth century reflected all the extremes of human nature. It was scarred by some of history's most horrific examples of brutality and violence. But it also demonstrated humanity's idealism, inventiveness, and humanitarianism. It was the most technologically advanced century; it was also the most ideological and most destructive.
century, arguably the worst century in human history, one which the historian Eric Weitz dubbed a “century of genocide.” We could also make the argument for the twentieth century as one of war, revolution, and dictatorship, or even a century of over-population, environmental degradation, and species extinction. This is a century
I can't say for conflicts, but strictly speaking for genocide, I'd say most likely. There were an estimated 11 million dead as a direct result of Hitler's "Final Solution". Estimates of Lenin's body count are about 15-20 million and Stalin's range from 20 to 60 million. Mao Zedong killed over 1 million.
assertion that the twentieth century was "the most violent in history." Taken on the emotional level, as an expression of sentiment, the declaration cannot be faulted. It is the speaker's way of saying "there was a great deal of shocking and deplorable vio lence in the twentieth century." Of course there was; any sane, moral person would agree.
