The Causes of WarThe peace that passeth understanding -- Paradise is a bazaar -- Dreams and delusions of a coming war -- While waterbirds fight -- Death-watch and scapegoat wars -- War chests and pulse beats -- A calendar of war -- The abacus of power -- War as an accident -- Aims and arms -- A day that lives in infamy -- Vendetta of the Black Sea -- Long wars -- And shorter wars -- The mystery of wide wars -- Australia's Pacific war -- Myths of the nuclear era -- War, peace and neutrality. |
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... Austria's threat of inter- vention on 28 November . Austria was the ally and financier of Serbia , and Austria's ultimatum ended the war exactly a fortnight after it had begun . Just as Serbia was the fisherman which had intervened ...
... Austria's threat of inter- vention on 28 November . Austria was the ally and financier of Serbia , and Austria's ultimatum ended the war exactly a fortnight after it had begun . Just as Serbia was the fisherman which had intervened ...
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... Austria and Prussia seemed to confirm Chesney's optimism . The Prussian inva- sion of Austrian territory began in mid - June , 1866 ; on a modern map it was a southwards thrust from East Germany and Poland on to the Czechoslovak plains ...
... Austria and Prussia seemed to confirm Chesney's optimism . The Prussian inva- sion of Austrian territory began in mid - June , 1866 ; on a modern map it was a southwards thrust from East Germany and Poland on to the Czechoslovak plains ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. simply as a war between France and Austria , though the chance that Prussia would fight as Austria's ally was high . Within four months Prussia had entered the war , and the in- vasion of France was about to begin . If ...
Geoffrey Blainey. simply as a war between France and Austria , though the chance that Prussia would fight as Austria's ally was high . Within four months Prussia had entered the war , and the in- vasion of France was about to begin . If ...
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The Peace that Passeth Understanding | 3 |
Paradise is a Bazaar | 18 |
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War | 35 |
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