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The Jagged Edge of History The human race achieved many positive goals during the Twentieth Century, but there is no denying that these years also featured more carnage per capita than ever before. The 1900s opened with brutal conflicts in South Africa and the Philippines that set the tone for the decades that would follow. Imperialist aggression, ideological clashes, and the eruption of strong class antagonisms worldwide conspired to keep the cauldron of war at a rolling boil throughout this period. Inevitably, organizations like the League of Nations and the United Nations arose to confront the problem, but A Century of Warfare dramatizes the colossal extent of their failure, thus far.