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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... England public opinion , more than official opinion , tended to expect more of the League of Nations than it was capable of giving . That misplaced faith indirectly helped the Germans to recover their bargaining position in Europe , for ...
... England public opinion , more than official opinion , tended to expect more of the League of Nations than it was capable of giving . That misplaced faith indirectly helped the Germans to recover their bargaining position in Europe , for ...
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... England when she despatched Admiral Boscawen to intercept a small French fleet sailing to Canada in 1755 and the United States when she secretly prepared for war against England in 1812 . In the nineteenth century the quickening of ...
... England when she despatched Admiral Boscawen to intercept a small French fleet sailing to Canada in 1755 and the United States when she secretly prepared for war against England in 1812 . In the nineteenth century the quickening of ...
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... England and France had hitherto been misunderstood . Neither nation had wanted it . That long war which evicted France from Canada and paved the way for the rise of an independent United States was apparently an unintentional war . By ...
... England and France had hitherto been misunderstood . Neither nation had wanted it . That long war which evicted France from Canada and paved the way for the rise of an independent United States was apparently an unintentional war . By ...
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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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