The world is not becoming a safer place—Harrison and Wolf 25 have calculated that between 1870 and 2001, the frequency of wars between states increased steadily by 2% a year on average, and in the 1990s the frequency of wars between states rose by 36% per year, while since 9/11 terrorist attacks have continued to be common and widespread around the world.
"War" is a fuzzy category, shading from global conflagrations to neighborhood turf battles, so the organizations that track the frequency and damage of war over time need a precise yardstick.
The aim of this study was to analyse frequency of embitterment in war veterans with Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as the potential impact of embitterment on the development of chronic PTSD.
Frequency of fearing nuclear war during past four weeks (scores in parentheses) was assessed by a question with six options: not at all (0), less than once a week (0.5), 1 2 times a week (6), 3 5 times a week (16), almost daily (22) and daily (28).
The industrial-age force designed to go toe-to-toe with the industrial-age forces of the Soviet Union shrank and the smaller force was used with increasing frequency for a kind of war it was not designed to fight -- forced regime change followed by nation building under fire -- sometimes called counterinsurgency, low-intensity conflict, irregular or asymmetric warfare.
Seven seats expired in June, and Mr. McGreevey's choices will most likely help determine the frequency of future cranberry wars.
The risk for common mental disorders was found to be significantly related to high frequency of fear for nuclear war, high scores of trait anxiety and high scores of immature defense style (Table 2).
After adjusting for significant mental health risk factors in logistic regression analysis, the risk for common mental disorders was found to be significantly related to the increasing frequency of fear for nuclear war, high scores of trait anxiety and high scores of immature defense style.
A repeat of the scale and frequency of Mr Blair's wars seems fanciful, but so does the prospect of Britain guarding its own turf and wishing the world away.
