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 58
... Napoleon and minimised the might of Britain . The French retreat from Moscow in the following winter , Wellington's invasion of France in 1813 , and the capture and banishment of Napoleon in 1814 cut away one of the main props of ...
... Napoleon and minimised the might of Britain . The French retreat from Moscow in the following winter , Wellington's invasion of France in 1813 , and the capture and banishment of Napoleon in 1814 cut away one of the main props of ...
Page 75
... Napoleon as a warmonger were really a rejected lover of the beautiful Miss Howard , she must have been the most ... Napoleon's part in causing the war . - The Franco - Prussian War of 1870 sometimes received a similar ...
... Napoleon as a warmonger were really a rejected lover of the beautiful Miss Howard , she must have been the most ... Napoleon's part in causing the war . - The Franco - Prussian War of 1870 sometimes received a similar ...
Page 195
... Napoleon the commoner commanded armies larger than any monarch had commanded , and his armies had a fervour such as ... Napoleon's armies also used sharp - shooting skir- mishers in the first stage of an engagement . Skirmishers ...
... Napoleon the commoner commanded armies larger than any monarch had commanded , and his armies had a fervour such as ... Napoleon's armies also used sharp - shooting skir- mishers in the first stage of an engagement . Skirmishers ...
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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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