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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... called either a tiny war or a disturbed phase of peace ; but the death of 740 men suggests that perhaps it should be called a minor war . Preference for one definition * Many extensive tests were to be applied in the 1970s by such ...
... called either a tiny war or a disturbed phase of peace ; but the death of 740 men suggests that perhaps it should be called a minor war . Preference for one definition * Many extensive tests were to be applied in the 1970s by such ...
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... called The Mathematical Psychology of War . Richardson was optimistic that if scholars made a system- atic study of war they might discover valuable clues to its causes ; and much of his spare time between the two world wars and most of ...
... called The Mathematical Psychology of War . Richardson was optimistic that if scholars made a system- atic study of war they might discover valuable clues to its causes ; and much of his spare time between the two world wars and most of ...
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... called unintentional wars ; they certainly cannot be called accidental . That kind of war moreover was to be expected more when the pace of communications was slow than in an era when contact across the globe is almost instantaneous ...
... called unintentional wars ; they certainly cannot be called accidental . That kind of war moreover was to be expected more when the pace of communications was slow than in an era when contact across the globe is almost instantaneous ...
Contents
The Peace that Passeth Understanding | 3 |
Paradise is a Bazaar | 18 |
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War | 35 |
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