[RLK]

The 20th century is one of wars and dictatorships.

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Most centuries were ones of wars and dictatorships. Much of human history is little more than a list of wars, conquests, and subsequently being conquered.

[G. Stolyarov II]

However, the 20th century's scale of death and destruction, as well as frequency and expanse of conflict, had by far outpaced any earlier time, especially the nineteenth century, which was without doubt the most peaceful and least bloody of eras.