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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... Bulgaria was a single line which , beginning at Constantinople and running west through Adrianople , crossed the Bulgarian frontier and ran almost half - way to Sofia . The railway had been built and operated by the Turks , but during ...
... Bulgaria was a single line which , beginning at Constantinople and running west through Adrianople , crossed the Bulgarian frontier and ran almost half - way to Sofia . The railway had been built and operated by the Turks , but during ...
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... Bulgaria became within one week an equal encounter and within a fortnight a Bulgarian triumph . The Serbs were pushed back across the ranges , back across their own frontier . All that saved them from the sweeping invasion which they ...
... Bulgaria became within one week an equal encounter and within a fortnight a Bulgarian triumph . The Serbs were pushed back across the ranges , back across their own frontier . All that saved them from the sweeping invasion which they ...
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... Bulgaria was willing to concede . Bulgaria's obstin- acy was easy to understand because in a few months her army had suffered at least 93,000 casualties – more than the total of her allies . The Bulgarians had fought fiercely on the ...
... Bulgaria was willing to concede . Bulgaria's obstin- acy was easy to understand because in a few months her army had suffered at least 93,000 casualties – more than the total of her allies . The Bulgarians had fought fiercely on the ...
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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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