National War Machines to Successfully Conquer Large Countries No Longer Exist
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6FXZH)
During and after World War 2, large areas of the world were conquered and successfully occupied for many years. However, conquering countries and territories has become very rare since 1970. Cambridge studies and other academic studies observe that territorial conquest declined sharply after 1945 and virtually subsided after 1975. However, using new and more comprehensive ...