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 94
... Macfie's observations , made in the month when Hitler per- sonally took over the Ministry of War , caused no wider ripple than a leaf falling on flat water . Observations that come from a factual study of many wars have always been rare ...
... Macfie's observations , made in the month when Hitler per- sonally took over the Ministry of War , caused no wider ripple than a leaf falling on flat water . Observations that come from a factual study of many wars have always been rare ...
Page 95
... Macfie was lay- ing claim to a continent . Instead he was merely placing his flag on one little island and was careful not to wade into the surrounding surf . Macfie's whole argument rested on one brilliant observation , and he viewed ...
... Macfie was lay- ing claim to a continent . Instead he was merely placing his flag on one little island and was careful not to wade into the surrounding surf . Macfie's whole argument rested on one brilliant observation , and he viewed ...
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... Macfie , p . 90 . 94. Lack of comment on Macfie's article : In December 1970 I wrote to Professor Macfie , who lives in retirement in Scotland , to enquire whether Clark's was the only appraisal of his argument . Macfie kindly replied ...
... Macfie , p . 90 . 94. Lack of comment on Macfie's article : In December 1970 I wrote to Professor Macfie , who lives in retirement in Scotland , to enquire whether Clark's was the only appraisal of his argument . Macfie kindly replied ...
Contents
The Peace that Passeth Understanding | 3 |
Paradise is a Bazaar | 18 |
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War | 35 |
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