In the Killing Fields (Book Review)
Newsday.com - In the Killing Fields
“However confounded and twitchy we’ve become, looking over our shoulders in fear of ambush by the lunatics of one idea and the kamikazes of Kingdom Come, we should never forget the worst thing about the century just passed: What we knew of war in 1900 was that 85 percent of its casualties would be warriors themselves - and only 15 percent civilians. But according to the latest United Nations figures, by the end of the 20th century, that ratio had pretty much reversed itself. More than 80 percent of the damage is collateral. Which, of course, is insane.”