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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Page 208
... Europe were tending to terminate wars . While many wars in Europe illustrated the decisive effect of new weapons and means of transport , it was easy to exag- gerate those effects . In at least half of the European wars after 1815 the ...
... Europe were tending to terminate wars . While many wars in Europe illustrated the decisive effect of new weapons and means of transport , it was easy to exag- gerate those effects . In at least half of the European wars after 1815 the ...
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... Europe . - Among the cluster of European wars of the period 1848 to 1870 three others held some danger of becoming general wars , for they involved major powers in the centre of Europe . Two of those wars the Franco - Austrian of 1859 ...
... Europe . - Among the cluster of European wars of the period 1848 to 1870 three others held some danger of becoming general wars , for they involved major powers in the centre of Europe . Two of those wars the Franco - Austrian of 1859 ...
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... European shore the neutral nations of Jugoslavia and Greece were now vulnerable , and by May 1941 they had been de- feated by German thrusts . The two Axis powers , Germany and Italy , thus virtually held the outer coast of Europe ...
... European shore the neutral nations of Jugoslavia and Greece were now vulnerable , and by May 1941 they had been de- feated by German thrusts . The two Axis powers , Germany and Italy , thus virtually held the outer coast of Europe ...
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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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