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 57
... United States was neutral and continued to trade across the Atlantic , many of her ships were sunk or captured by British squadrons . The British gambled that the United States , despite monthly provocations , would prefer not to wage ...
... United States was neutral and continued to trade across the Atlantic , many of her ships were sunk or captured by British squadrons . The British gambled that the United States , despite monthly provocations , would prefer not to wage ...
Page 59
... United States had remained united : nor would a Spanish squadron in 1864 have seized the Chincha Islands and their rich guano beds from Peru . Armies and fleets from western Europe would not have dared to attack Mexico in 1861 if the ...
... United States had remained united : nor would a Spanish squadron in 1864 have seized the Chincha Islands and their rich guano beds from Peru . Armies and fleets from western Europe would not have dared to attack Mexico in 1861 if the ...
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... United States declared economic warfare , though they did not call it economic warfare . Late in July all the Japanese assets in the United States , Australia and Britain , and British colonies were frozen . Exports from the British ...
... United States declared economic warfare , though they did not call it economic warfare . Late in July all the Japanese assets in the United States , Australia and Britain , and British colonies were frozen . Exports from the British ...
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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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