"when nobody was in a position to count..."

http://b.hatena.ne.jp/entry/sankei.jp.msn.com/world/europe/100716/erp1007162118003-n1.htm
ホブスボームは先日引用した箇所の少し前で次のように書いている。

Its losses are literally incalcuable, and even approximate estimates are impossible, since the war (unlike the First World War) killed civilians as readily as people in uniform, and much of the worst killing took place in regions, or at times, when nobody was in a position to count, or cared to.

強調は引用者。