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 62
... Italy to withdraw her troops and ships from the war . And in 1912 , when Turkey was losing the war against Italy , four small Balkan nations prepared to attack the remaining Turkish territory in Europe . On 8 October 1912 the tiny ...
... Italy to withdraw her troops and ships from the war . And in 1912 , when Turkey was losing the war against Italy , four small Balkan nations prepared to attack the remaining Turkish territory in Europe . On 8 October 1912 the tiny ...
Page 79
... Italy and Japan in the 1930s have been widely interpeted as conscious or un- conscious attempts to quell internal tensions by setting up external enemies . According to one distinguished Harvard scholar , the dictators of the 1930s ...
... Italy and Japan in the 1930s have been widely interpeted as conscious or un- conscious attempts to quell internal tensions by setting up external enemies . According to one distinguished Harvard scholar , the dictators of the 1930s ...
Page 238
... Italy on what seemed to be the winning side transferred the centre of the war to the Mediterranean where both Britain and Italy had bases and colonies . Likewise the defeat of France led to a struggle for possession of French colonies ...
... Italy on what seemed to be the winning side transferred the centre of the war to the Mediterranean where both Britain and Italy had bases and colonies . Likewise the defeat of France led to a struggle for possession of French colonies ...
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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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