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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... become rare . Another theory contended that many wars came from the Anglo - French rivalry for colonies and commerce : restrain that quest , and peace would be more easily preserved . The wars following the French Revolution fostered an ...
... become rare . Another theory contended that many wars came from the Anglo - French rivalry for colonies and commerce : restrain that quest , and peace would be more easily preserved . The wars following the French Revolution fostered an ...
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... become normal in Europe . III his The belief that future wars would be short became a dogma , but it was not completely ascendant . The most withering attack on the dogma was made by , of all people , a banker who lived in the Russian ...
... become normal in Europe . III his The belief that future wars would be short became a dogma , but it was not completely ascendant . The most withering attack on the dogma was made by , of all people , a banker who lived in the Russian ...
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... become forbidding . The wars of the past seem to offer the same gentle warning to those who expect a long war between the superpowers as to those who predict a short war : ' both are possible ' . Wars , usually , have tended to be ...
... become forbidding . The wars of the past seem to offer the same gentle warning to those who expect a long war between the superpowers as to those who predict a short war : ' both are possible ' . Wars , usually , have tended to be ...
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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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