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 118
... decisively , the warring nations agreed on their respective strength . The losers and the winners might have disagreed about the exact margin of superiority ; they did agree however that decisive superiority existed . A decisive war was ...
... decisively , the warring nations agreed on their respective strength . The losers and the winners might have disagreed about the exact margin of superiority ; they did agree however that decisive superiority existed . A decisive war was ...
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... decisive stage where the winners were in posses- sion of much of the enemy's homeland and believed also that they were in a position to occupy the remainder : the most decisive wars were the Napoleonic , the American Civil , the Franco ...
... decisive stage where the winners were in posses- sion of much of the enemy's homeland and believed also that they were in a position to occupy the remainder : the most decisive wars were the Napoleonic , the American Civil , the Franco ...
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... decisive side of warfare in a century when inconclusive battles at sea were normal . In the second half of the eighteenth century the war at sea tended towards deadlock . The Frenchman , Bigot de Mor- ogues , wrote in 1763 : ' there are ...
... decisive side of warfare in a century when inconclusive battles at sea were normal . In the second half of the eighteenth century the war at sea tended towards deadlock . The Frenchman , Bigot de Mor- ogues , wrote in 1763 : ' there are ...
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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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