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 188
... battles were considered too risky , too untrustworthy , by most earlier commanders . The straitjacketed tactics prob- ably restricted the chances of winning a decisive victory on the formal field of battle . They certainly restricted ...
... battles were considered too risky , too untrustworthy , by most earlier commanders . The straitjacketed tactics prob- ably restricted the chances of winning a decisive victory on the formal field of battle . They certainly restricted ...
Page 192
... battle was ' to take every man his bird ' . It sounds like a sentence snatched from a smoky discothèque rather than a battle at sea but the meaning is similar . Only six of the fifteen battles which Britain fought at sea in the ninety ...
... battle was ' to take every man his bird ' . It sounds like a sentence snatched from a smoky discothèque rather than a battle at sea but the meaning is similar . Only six of the fifteen battles which Britain fought at sea in the ninety ...
Page 214
... battle ' will hang the fate of the battle and ultimately of the nation ' . Many of these arguments were familiar not only to generals but to thousands of the soldiers who would be called upon to fight the war . Europe's bookshops ...
... battle ' will hang the fate of the battle and ultimately of the nation ' . Many of these arguments were familiar not only to generals but to thousands of the soldiers who would be called upon to fight the war . Europe's bookshops ...
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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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