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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... Second World War should have come at a time when , according to his theory , mental im- munity against war should still have been high . At least he tried to face the dilemma ; he confessed that either his theory was jeopardised or else ...
... Second World War should have come at a time when , according to his theory , mental im- munity against war should still have been high . At least he tried to face the dilemma ; he confessed that either his theory was jeopardised or else ...
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... second thoughts , and the clutching of talismen . Like mountaineers at the start of a dangerous ascent or boxers at the start of a fight , knowledge of the dangers and risks that must precede victory suddenly fluttered up , even ...
... second thoughts , and the clutching of talismen . Like mountaineers at the start of a dangerous ascent or boxers at the start of a fight , knowledge of the dangers and risks that must precede victory suddenly fluttered up , even ...
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... Second World War was long . That was a war of swift movements , and they were dramatically illustrated in 1940 when the German armoured divisions raced to the Channel across those French fields in which the armies had been bogged for ...
... Second World War was long . That was a war of swift movements , and they were dramatically illustrated in 1940 when the German armoured divisions raced to the Channel across those French fields in which the armies had been bogged for ...
Contents
The Peace that Passeth Understanding | 3 |
Paradise is a Bazaar | 18 |
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War | 35 |
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