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
... diplomatic crisis and the outbreak of war seems central to the understanding of war . That link however seems to be misunderstood . Thus many historians , in explaining the outbreak of war , argue that ' the breakdown in diplomacy led ...
... diplomatic crisis and the outbreak of war seems central to the understanding of war . That link however seems to be misunderstood . Thus many historians , in explaining the outbreak of war , argue that ' the breakdown in diplomacy led ...
Page 115
... diplomatic market is much closer to barter , and so resembles an ancient bazaar in which the traders have no ... diplomatic crisis is like a crisis in international pay . ments ; like a crisis in the English pound or the French franc ...
... diplomatic market is much closer to barter , and so resembles an ancient bazaar in which the traders have no ... diplomatic crisis is like a crisis in international pay . ments ; like a crisis in the English pound or the French franc ...
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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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