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Page 123
... defeat , and persuaded to cease fighting because their ideology could no longer mask the reality of defeat . They were per- suaded to fight because most of their leaders were excessively optimistic and impatient men , and persuaded to ...
... defeat , and persuaded to cease fighting because their ideology could no longer mask the reality of defeat . They were per- suaded to fight because most of their leaders were excessively optimistic and impatient men , and persuaded to ...
Page 141
... defeat : such confidence seems to be common to those nations which initiate fighting . If on the other hand Japan had doubted her ability to win or even to avoid defeat , would she have launched an attack ? Presum- ably she would have ...
... defeat : such confidence seems to be common to those nations which initiate fighting . If on the other hand Japan had doubted her ability to win or even to avoid defeat , would she have launched an attack ? Presum- ably she would have ...
Page 202
... defeat in a war against a major power could be disastrous , defeat in a colonial war was simply humil- iating . Indeed ultimate defeat at the hands of races regarded as backward was often difficult to imagine ; and that disbelief helped ...
... defeat in a war against a major power could be disastrous , defeat in a colonial war was simply humil- iating . Indeed ultimate defeat at the hands of races regarded as backward was often difficult to imagine ; and that disbelief helped ...
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