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... least it offers a more useful guide than a long period of peace affords . Russia and the United States were temporarily allies in the Second World War , and their relative performances in the war pro- vided a measurement of their ...
... least it offers a more useful guide than a long period of peace affords . Russia and the United States were temporarily allies in the Second World War , and their relative performances in the war pro- vided a measurement of their ...
Page 196
... least seven years , all were general wars . * In contrast the only general war in the northern hemisphere during the ninety- nine years from the defeat of Napoleon to the start of the First World War was the Crimean War : significantly ...
... least seven years , all were general wars . * In contrast the only general war in the northern hemisphere during the ninety- nine years from the defeat of Napoleon to the start of the First World War was the Crimean War : significantly ...
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... least four years , and in 1879 Chile and Bolivia and Peru began their War of the Pacific which flared and smouldered for four years . As these wars had been fought outside Europe , and as only the Mexican war involved a European army ...
... least four years , and in 1879 Chile and Bolivia and Peru began their War of the Pacific which flared and smouldered for four years . As these wars had been fought outside Europe , and as only the Mexican war involved a European army ...
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