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Jean-Baptiste Duroselle, « Les guerres du siècle », Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire, ID : 10.3406/xxs.1984.1688
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War in the plural : a classification of twentieth century wars, Jean-Baptiste Duroselle. Without engaging in the discussion about the « innate » or the « acquired » character of the phenomenon of war, the author proposes an empirical classification for the twentieth century : he identifies six criteria : « white » / « colonial », limited / long, Worldwide / short wars, scope of weapons, law and ethics, origins of conflicts. He concludes that there is no simple explanation, but observes a hiatus between the « early » and the « late » twentieth century and describes the horrendous emergence of the nation-states through wars throughout the century.