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... ministers . Edmund Burke , the orator , realised this when he discussed the crisis in the presence of Henry Dundas and William Pitt , the prime minister : Dundas : ' Well , Mr. Burke , we must go to war , for it will be a very short war ...
... ministers . Edmund Burke , the orator , realised this when he discussed the crisis in the presence of Henry Dundas and William Pitt , the prime minister : Dundas : ' Well , Mr. Burke , we must go to war , for it will be a very short war ...
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... minister who controls the armed forces is entitled the ' minister for defence ' rather than the ' minister for attack ' . A nation's decision to go to war always includes an estimate of whether outside nations will jeopardise its ...
... minister who controls the armed forces is entitled the ' minister for defence ' rather than the ' minister for attack ' . A nation's decision to go to war always includes an estimate of whether outside nations will jeopardise its ...
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... minister of the interior said : ' We need a little victorious war to stem the tide of revolution . ' At first sight this is powerful evidence . Russia's minister of the interior , V. K. Plehve , possibly knew more than anybody about ...
... minister of the interior said : ' We need a little victorious war to stem the tide of revolution . ' At first sight this is powerful evidence . Russia's minister of the interior , V. K. Plehve , possibly knew more than anybody about ...
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