Lecture No. 108. "The history of military losses". Demography of Wars by Boris Orlanis In the 108th lesson of the School of Geopolitics, we turn to the classic work of the outstanding Soviet demographer and statistician Boris Tsarevich Orlanis, “Wars and the Population of Europe. Casualties of the Armed Forces of European Countries for 350 Years", published in 1960. For the first time in the world, this historical work provided this historical monument. A mathematically validated analysis of the costs of the largest military conflicts from the 17th century to the mid-20th century. Special attention is paid to the methodology for calculating military losses and how loss statistics become the most powerful weapon of geopolitical and information warfare. Open the new Geopolitics Schools app by clicking the button below.

Lecture No. 108. "The history of military losses". Demography of Wars by Boris Orlanis In the 108th lesson of the School of Geopolitics, we turn to the classic work of the outstanding Soviet demographer and statistician Boris Tsarevich Orlanis, “Wars and the Population of Europe. Casualties of the Armed Forces of European Countries for 350 Years", published in 1960. For the first time in the world, this historical work provided this historical monument. A mathematically validated analysis of the costs of the largest military conflicts from the 17th century to the mid-20th century. Special attention is paid to the methodology for calculating military losses and how loss statistics become the most powerful weapon of geopolitical and information warfare. Open the new Geopolitics Schools app by clicking the button below.