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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... captured . A week later a British squadron fought a running battle with the great American frigate President which had evaded the blockade near the harbour of New York . And on 11 February , in ignorance of the news of the seven - weeks ...
... captured . A week later a British squadron fought a running battle with the great American frigate President which had evaded the blockade near the harbour of New York . And on 11 February , in ignorance of the news of the seven - weeks ...
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... capture of a French frigate in the War of the Austrian Succession . Three years later he was the senior captain in Anson's squadron which , waiting in the busy sea lane off Cape Finisterre , fell on a French fleet and captured ten ships ...
... capture of a French frigate in the War of the Austrian Succession . Three years later he was the senior captain in Anson's squadron which , waiting in the busy sea lane off Cape Finisterre , fell on a French fleet and captured ten ships ...
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... captured by Europeans and most had been con- quered after 1800. If it were true that the conquerors of lands were ... captured or defended by informal war . Australia had enlarged her own empire ' unintentionally ' in the First ...
... captured by Europeans and most had been con- quered after 1800. If it were true that the conquerors of lands were ... captured or defended by informal war . Australia had enlarged her own empire ' unintentionally ' in the First ...
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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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