06-15-2016, 03:33 PM
I'm not saying that the wars you're describing did not occur, or that
they weren't horrors. I'm only saying they're not all crisis wars,
and that even non-crisis wars are horrors. For example, S&H
identifies WW I as a non-crisis war, and yet you have the Battle of
the Somme and the Battle of Verdun.
As another example, Mao's Communist Revolution climaxed in 1949, but
it was followed by the Great Leap Forward and the Great Cultural
Revolution. Both of these were horrors that killed tens or perhaps
hundreds of millions of people through famine and executions. So you
could say that China's crisis war began with the Long March in 1934
and ended with Mao's death in 1976, so it was a 42-year crisis war.
But it wasn't a 42-year crisis war. It was a non-crisis war from 1934
to 1945, then it was a crisis war that climaxed in 1949, and then the
the Great Leap Forward and the Great Cultural Revolution were Recovery
Era / Awakening Era events.
So it's never enough to say that "it was a horrible war, so it must be
a crisis war." Non-crisis wars can be horrible too. What matters is
public mood, not whether the war is horrible.
they weren't horrors. I'm only saying they're not all crisis wars,
and that even non-crisis wars are horrors. For example, S&H
identifies WW I as a non-crisis war, and yet you have the Battle of
the Somme and the Battle of Verdun.
As another example, Mao's Communist Revolution climaxed in 1949, but
it was followed by the Great Leap Forward and the Great Cultural
Revolution. Both of these were horrors that killed tens or perhaps
hundreds of millions of people through famine and executions. So you
could say that China's crisis war began with the Long March in 1934
and ended with Mao's death in 1976, so it was a 42-year crisis war.
But it wasn't a 42-year crisis war. It was a non-crisis war from 1934
to 1945, then it was a crisis war that climaxed in 1949, and then the
the Great Leap Forward and the Great Cultural Revolution were Recovery
Era / Awakening Era events.
So it's never enough to say that "it was a horrible war, so it must be
a crisis war." Non-crisis wars can be horrible too. What matters is
public mood, not whether the war is horrible.
