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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... War . Toynbee him- self was puzzled that the 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 ...
... War . Toynbee him- self was puzzled that the 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 ...
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... war . Even if the chiefs of staff of Europe had prepared for a different kind of war , and even if soldiers had resorted ... World War was long . Despite the swing back to the offensive , the Second World War was long . That was a war of ...
... war . Even if the chiefs of staff of Europe had prepared for a different kind of war , and even if soldiers had resorted ... World War was long . Despite the swing back to the offensive , the Second World War was long . That was a war of ...
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... great and the theatre of war was geographically so quarantined , that the threat of strong interference by other nations was small , even when in its fifth year the war became part of the Second World War ; indeed the war ended in China ...
... great and the theatre of war was geographically so quarantined , that the threat of strong interference by other nations was small , even when in its fifth year the war became part of the Second World War ; indeed the war ended in China ...
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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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