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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... France in 1813 , and the capture and banishment of Napoleon in 1814 cut away one of the main props of Washington's ... France . Four months later Napoleon was to escape from Elba and harness that un- rest in France , but Lord Liverpool ...
... France in 1813 , and the capture and banishment of Napoleon in 1814 cut away one of the main props of Washington's ... France . Four months later Napoleon was to escape from Elba and harness that un- rest in France , but Lord Liverpool ...
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... France ' . These predictions were falsified when France went to war with Austria in 1792 . The French treasury at that time was not ample and dissen- sion within France was high . While the events of 1792 suggest that financial troubles ...
... France ' . These predictions were falsified when France went to war with Austria in 1792 . The French treasury at that time was not ample and dissen- sion within France was high . While the events of 1792 suggest that financial troubles ...
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... France's sweeping victories , rather than shortening the war , widened it . France's own war aims became bolder : a clear sign of her boldness was the decision at the end of 1792 to impose her own revolutionary institu- tions on the ...
... France's sweeping victories , rather than shortening the war , widened it . France's own war aims became bolder : a clear sign of her boldness was the decision at the end of 1792 to impose her own revolutionary institu- tions 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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