Citation

McKee M, Janson S. Eur. J. Public Health 2005; 15(1): 2.

Affiliation

Hadassah School of Public Health, Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/eurpub/cki130

PMID

15788794

Abstract

The graves of unknown soldiers and the memorials to those who have no known resting place are the visible reminders of the enormous human toll due to conflict in the twentieth century, a toll that continues to this day.  Over the past century, our ability to kill each other has increased far beyond what could have been imagined.  Yet this progress contrasts starkly with our failures in other areas, including our ability to count the human cost of conflict.