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... Historians ' explanations of peace in modern times are centred on the nineteenth century . Two long periods in that century were remarkably peaceful . One ran from the Battle of Waterloo to the short wars of 1848 or to the Crimean War ...
... Historians ' explanations of peace in modern times are centred on the nineteenth century . Two long periods in that century were remarkably peaceful . One ran from the Battle of Waterloo to the short wars of 1848 or to the Crimean War ...
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... historian , Sir George Clark , briefly outlined Macfie's ideas . He assured his listeners that the historians who ... historians of treaties outnumbered the his- torians of trends by one thousand to one . Sir George court- eously ...
... historian , Sir George Clark , briefly outlined Macfie's ideas . He assured his listeners that the historians who ... historians of treaties outnumbered the his- torians of trends by one thousand to one . Sir George court- eously ...
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... historians or those historians for whom war is only a marginal interest . It has fewer adherents among political historians and is perhaps the least common among military historians who tend however to be more interested in the course ...
... historians or those historians for whom war is only a marginal interest . It has fewer adherents among political historians and is perhaps the least common among military historians who tend however to be more interested in the course ...
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