Am I wrong to think this is wildly euro-centric?
There has been a long peace between developed "western" economies. But the world as a whole since 1945 has continued to be full of violent conflict.
There has been a long peace between developed "western" economies. But the world as a whole since 1945 has continued to be full of violent conflict.
War deaths are down globally, not just in Europe. The middle easy in a recent exception, as they had an uptick starting in the 2010s.
Even if one accepts this "data," however it's been put together, the 1970s and 1980s were extremely violent times. They may look tame in comparison to WWII, but we should remember that WWII is the bloodiest conflict in human history. The "long peace" really only refers to an era in which major powers did not fight one another directly, but rather through proxy conflicts in the Third World.