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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... alliance ? On the eve of a war between rival alliances such doubts were not surprising . Even when the alliance appeared to be tight , doubts crept in . France and Russia were firm allies on the eve of the First World War . President ...
... alliance ? On the eve of a war between rival alliances such doubts were not surprising . Even when the alliance appeared to be tight , doubts crept in . France and Russia were firm allies on the eve of the First World War . President ...
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... alliance had about five million fighting men and as their armaments were similar and as their frontiers were heavily fortified and as military tech- niques now favoured the defenders , neither alliance would have sufficient strength to ...
... alliance had about five million fighting men and as their armaments were similar and as their frontiers were heavily fortified and as military tech- niques now favoured the defenders , neither alliance would have sufficient strength to ...
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... alliance , 52 Russo - German friendship pact 1939 , 48 Russo - Japanese War 1904-5 , 22 , 47 , 62 , 76–7 , 98–9 , 115 , 140-2 , 157 , 165-6 , 168 , 170-1 , 212 , 222-3 , 224 , 246 Russo - Polish war , 47 Russo - Turkish alliance , 177 ...
... alliance , 52 Russo - German friendship pact 1939 , 48 Russo - Japanese War 1904-5 , 22 , 47 , 62 , 76–7 , 98–9 , 115 , 140-2 , 157 , 165-6 , 168 , 170-1 , 212 , 222-3 , 224 , 246 Russo - Polish war , 47 Russo - Turkish alliance , 177 ...
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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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