that exists in human beings even in society,

人的野蛮甚至社会的野蛮
but that society is what covers that over

而社会正是这层薄薄的伪装
and permits something resembling

而这层所谓的伪装
what we would call civilization.

我们称之为文明
But warfare tends to put a strain on that

战争则是让
limiting element which is what society gives you.

社会赋予人们的[伪装]消失殆尽
Anger, frustration, the desire for vengeance

愤怒沮丧复仇之心
increases as the fighting drags on,

随着战争而不断滋长
producing a progression of atrocities

导致了一系列暴行
that included maiming and killing captured opponents,

诸如屠杀战俘
throwing them into pits to die of thirst, starvation and exposure,

将他们扔到坑里任其自生自灭
that's what happened in Sicily

在西西里就是这样