Armistice Day

The 11th minute. Of the 11th hour. Of the 11th day. Of the 11th month.

Ninety years ago today, Europe ended its first attempt at collective suicide. At war's end, France had suffered 1.7 million dead and 4.3 million wounded from a population of 39 million; it had been "bled white". Ninety years later, as the war is close to slipping from living memory, France has perhaps finally recovered.

A generation later, the United Kingdom and Germany would be bled white in turn.

I wonder how aware Americans are about the fact that we ourselves are not immune to such a fate.