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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... began to fight near the Black Sea in 1853 , when the Serbs crossed the Dragoman Pass into Bulgaria in 1885 , and ... began in autumn another three began in the spring or summer . † The riddle of the autumn wars can be approached with ...
... began to fight near the Black Sea in 1853 , when the Serbs crossed the Dragoman Pass into Bulgaria in 1885 , and ... began in autumn another three began in the spring or summer . † The riddle of the autumn wars can be approached with ...
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... began as wars between two nations and then were multiplied by power - shaking victories ; the First World War differed only because the decisive events were clearly anticipated before the war . On the eve of each of these wars nobody ...
... began as wars between two nations and then were multiplied by power - shaking victories ; the First World War differed only because the decisive events were clearly anticipated before the war . On the eve of each of these wars nobody ...
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... began with internal fighting but I selected the dates when they became international wars . Several wars - e.g. the Austrian - Sardinian wars of 1848 and 1849 - could be counted either as one or two wars : I counted them as two . Of the ...
... began with internal fighting but I selected the dates when they became international wars . Several wars - e.g. the Austrian - Sardinian wars of 1848 and 1849 - could be counted either as one or two wars : I counted them as two . Of the ...
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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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