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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... argued that Japan's conduct and expectations on the eve of Pearl Harbor in 1941 , might well defy one of the main conclusions and therefore the whole scaffolding of my argument . Similarly Australia's and Britain's expectations on the ...
... argued that Japan's conduct and expectations on the eve of Pearl Harbor in 1941 , might well defy one of the main conclusions and therefore the whole scaffolding of my argument . Similarly Australia's and Britain's expectations on the ...
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... argued in a re- strained article in 1964 that every leader becomes partly the prisoner of his position : We have described how a man , as he moves into posts of ever - increasing importance in business or government be- comes ...
... argued in a re- strained article in 1964 that every leader becomes partly the prisoner of his position : We have described how a man , as he moves into posts of ever - increasing importance in business or government be- comes ...
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... argued , had less balance . As the years passed , and the two great powers avoided major war , some specialists on inter- national affairs argued that a balance of terror had replaced the balance of power . In the nuclear age , they argued ...
... argued , had less balance . As the years passed , and the two great powers avoided major war , some specialists on inter- national affairs argued that a balance of terror had replaced the balance of power . In the nuclear age , they argued ...
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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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