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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... defeated nation might ultimately rise again . Although France had been crushed and occupied with the last blows of the Napoleonic Wars , Britain remained nervous that France might rise again ; only five years after the defeat of ...
... defeated nation might ultimately rise again . Although France had been crushed and occupied with the last blows of the Napoleonic Wars , Britain remained nervous that France might rise again ; only five years after the defeat of ...
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... defeat , and persuaded to cease fighting because their ideology could no longer mask the reality of defeat . They were per- suaded to fight because most of their leaders were excessively optimistic and impatient men , and persuaded to ...
... defeat , and persuaded to cease fighting because their ideology could no longer mask the reality of defeat . They were per- suaded to fight because most of their leaders were excessively optimistic and impatient men , and persuaded to ...
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... defeat : such confidence seems to be common to those nations which initiate fighting . If on the other hand Japan had doubted her ability to win or even to avoid defeat , would she have launched an attack ? Presum- ably she would have ...
... defeat : such confidence seems to be common to those nations which initiate fighting . If on the other hand Japan had doubted her ability to win or even to avoid defeat , would she have launched an attack ? Presum- ably she would have ...
Contents
The Peace that Passeth Understanding | 3 |
Paradise is a Bazaar | 18 |
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War | 35 |
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