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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... Britain and surrender within six weeks . Germany , ironically , was already short of some raw materials and was ... Britain's navy , he pre- dicted as early as 1911 , would deprive German factories and warehouses of raw materials and ...
... Britain and surrender within six weeks . Germany , ironically , was already short of some raw materials and was ... Britain's navy , he pre- dicted as early as 1911 , would deprive German factories and warehouses of raw materials and ...
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... Britain would not rush into such a war . Even if Britain and France decided to aid Poland against a German invasion they would surely be unable to defeat Ger- many or even effectively aid Poland . Hitler certainly did not envisage a ...
... Britain would not rush into such a war . Even if Britain and France decided to aid Poland against a German invasion they would surely be unable to defeat Ger- many or even effectively aid Poland . Hitler certainly did not envisage a ...
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... Britain's sharpest weapons . The British used this weapon as determinedly as the Germans were to use sub- marines a century later , and moreover they applied the blockade to the ships of neutrals as well as enemies . As the United ...
... Britain's sharpest weapons . The British used this weapon as determinedly as the Germans were to use sub- marines a century later , and moreover they applied the blockade to the ships of neutrals as well as enemies . As the United ...
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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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