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A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION
War caused serious divisions in the West, and anti-war demonstrators
organized mass demonstrations.
Excessive Defense Expenditures
Excessive Defense Expenditures
When national budgets are examined, it emerges that their
largest component consists of defense and military expenditures.
During the twentieth century, 250 small or large-scale wars were
fought and 110 million people died. The First World War was
fought by 20 countries. Ten million people died, and destruction
spread from the front lines and devastated civilian urban areas.
History's worst war, the Second World War, was fought by 110
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