American war deaths through history.  One update is that the American “Civil War” death toll has been increased to 750,000 by British demographer J. David Hacker and has been accepted by the “Civil War” historians.  Even the old estimate of approximately 620,000 was more than all the other wars combined.  As Murray Rothbard wrote in his essay, “Just War,” the only two defensive, just wars in American history were the American Revolution and the South’s side in the “Civil War.”  All others were aggressive, offensive wars.  So the “just war” death toll stands at around 375,000 or around a fourth … Continue reading Blood Spilled from Sea to Shining Sea