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... fighting rather than negotiating . Agreement depends not only on the perceived distribution of power but on the per ... fighting nations agree on their relative strength , and wars usually begin when fighting nations disagree on their ...
... fighting rather than negotiating . Agreement depends not only on the perceived distribution of power but on the per ... fighting nations agree on their relative strength , and wars usually begin when fighting nations disagree on their ...
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... fighting for Austria under British pay , and another Hessian contingent was fighting against Austria . Britain alone signed seventeen contracts with Hesse for the supply of troops . In one transaction involving £ 3,000,000 Britain hired ...
... fighting for Austria under British pay , and another Hessian contingent was fighting against Austria . Britain alone signed seventeen contracts with Hesse for the supply of troops . In one transaction involving £ 3,000,000 Britain hired ...
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... fighting . Only on the eve of the First World War was it reasonable to predict that the coming campaign would probably be a general war , though few predicted that it would embrace so many nations . The entry of a new nation into a ...
... fighting . Only on the eve of the First World War was it reasonable to predict that the coming campaign would probably be a general war , though few predicted that it would embrace so many nations . The entry of a new nation into a ...
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