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 108
... diplomatic note ; that kind of war was ' only diplomacy some- what intensified ' . In essence diplomatic despatches breathed deference , but their courtesy was less effective than the silent threats which underwrote them . The threat ...
... diplomatic note ; that kind of war was ' only diplomacy some- what intensified ' . In essence diplomatic despatches breathed deference , but their courtesy was less effective than the silent threats which underwrote them . The threat ...
Page 114
... diplomacy led to war ' . This explanation is rather like the argument that the end of winter led to spring : it is a descrip- tion masquerading as an explanation . In fact that main influ- ence which led to the breakdown of diplomacy ...
... diplomacy led to war ' . This explanation is rather like the argument that the end of winter led to spring : it is a descrip- tion masquerading as an explanation . In fact that main influ- ence which led to the breakdown of diplomacy ...
Page 115
... diplomacy roughly marks the point at which one nation's willingness to pay matches the price demanded by the other . The diplomatic market however is not as sophisticated as the mercantile market . Political currency is not so easily ...
... diplomacy roughly marks the point at which one nation's willingness to pay matches the price demanded by the other . The diplomatic market however is not as sophisticated as the mercantile market . Political currency is not so easily ...
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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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