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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... Russia's decision to mobilise her army in July 1914. His evidence for that motive however is not strong . The first ... Russia should prepare for war . The second and final fragment of evidence is a report written on 25 July 1914 by the ...
... Russia's decision to mobilise her army in July 1914. His evidence for that motive however is not strong . The first ... Russia should prepare for war . The second and final fragment of evidence is a report written on 25 July 1914 by the ...
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... Russia ; even after the Japanese victory over Russia in the far east in 1905 , Turkey did not take advantage of Russia's temporary weakness . Turkey was now so weak that in the generation after her crushing defeat of 1878 many nations ...
... Russia ; even after the Japanese victory over Russia in the far east in 1905 , Turkey did not take advantage of Russia's temporary weakness . Turkey was now so weak that in the generation after her crushing defeat of 1878 many nations ...
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... Russia . How close they had gone to defeating Russia will never be known . What is known is that from the onset of winter the war in Russia began slowly to erode Ger- many's overall power . - Soon after the invasion of Russia , the ...
... Russia . How close they had gone to defeating Russia will never be known . What is known is that from the onset of winter the war in Russia began slowly to erode Ger- many's overall power . - Soon after the invasion of Russia , 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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