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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... defence , a drawn war is more likely to be remembered as a victory . It is in the same tradition that a minister who controls the armed forces is entitled the ' minister for defence ' rather than the ' minister for attack ' . A nation's ...
... defence , a drawn war is more likely to be remembered as a victory . It is in the same tradition that a minister who controls the armed forces is entitled the ' minister for defence ' rather than the ' minister for attack ' . A nation's ...
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... defence , in 1885 the defence vote was £ 30 million , but by 1913 it had leaped to £ 75 million . In that year Britain , on the basis of population , spent more on defence than Germany and France and far more than Russia , Austria and ...
... defence , in 1885 the defence vote was £ 30 million , but by 1913 it had leaped to £ 75 million . In that year Britain , on the basis of population , spent more on defence than Germany and France and far more than Russia , Austria and ...
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... defence even during those decades when naval rivalry with France or Germany was in- tense . Defence received 60 per cent of their expenditure in 1860 , 50 per cent in 1885 , and only 44 per cent in 1913. In the light of those figures ...
... defence even during those decades when naval rivalry with France or Germany was in- tense . Defence received 60 per cent of their expenditure in 1860 , 50 per cent in 1885 , and only 44 per cent in 1913. In the light of those figures ...
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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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