The Bloodiest Wars In Asia

Chinese Civil War. Clockwise from the top: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping, Muslim soldiers of the NRA, Mao Zedong in the 1930s, Chiang Kai-shek inspecting soldiers, CCP general Su Yu investigating the front field shortly before the Menglianggu Campaign. Wikipedia

Kyle Mizokami, National Interest.: Asia's 5 Most Lethal Wars of All Time

"Today, Asia is in one of its most peaceful periods in modern history...It hasn’t always been this way."

Today, Asia is in one of its most peaceful periods in modern history. All current political posturing aside, Asia today is a peaceful place where economic growth continues at a largely brisk pace. Hundreds of millions have been lifted out of poverty in the last four decades, and in China alone, the new middle class is larger than the entire population of the United States.

It hasn’t always been this way. As late as the 1970s, war raged across Southeast Asia, and virtually every country in the region has been touched by war since 1945.

WNU Editor: In sheer numbers .... the wars in Asia have taken an incredible number of lives. Quoting General Douglas MacArthur and later US Defense Secretary Gates .... “Any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia (including Africa and the Middle East) should 'have his head examined'.

Indeed.