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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... World War . The emphasis on Versailles ' influence is intriguing . The fact that it was followed twenty years later by another world war partly ex- plains the blame placed on the treaty . That blame was two- fold : while some blamed the ...
... World War . The emphasis on Versailles ' influence is intriguing . The fact that it was followed twenty years later by another world war partly ex- plains the blame placed on the treaty . That blame was two- fold : while some blamed the ...
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... world contained eight major powers on the eve of the First World War and only two the United States and the Soviet Union at the close of the Second World War , thought the decline was ominous . A chair with only two legs , he argued ...
... world contained eight major powers on the eve of the First World War and only two the United States and the Soviet Union at the close of the Second World War , thought the decline was ominous . A chair with only two legs , he argued ...
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... World War was long . Despite the swing back to the offensive , the 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 ...
... World War was long . Despite the swing back to the offensive , the 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 ...
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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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