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 186
... eighteenth century . Between 1700 and 1815 Europe experienced seven wars which lasted for seven years or longer , but thereafter no war in Europe was so long . In the eighteenth century the long wars crowded the calendar of combat . In ...
... eighteenth century . Between 1700 and 1815 Europe experienced seven wars which lasted for seven years or longer , but thereafter no war in Europe was so long . In the eighteenth century the long wars crowded the calendar of combat . In ...
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... eighteenth century . And yet the wars still had bitter battles and long passages of savage fighting , and even the years of peace had intermittent scuffles - particularly on the high seas , which were not easily regulated . Even if ...
... eighteenth century . And yet the wars still had bitter battles and long passages of savage fighting , and even the years of peace had intermittent scuffles - particularly on the high seas , which were not easily regulated . Even if ...
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... eighteenth century incurred heavy public debts . Adam Smith , who was usually a brilliant observer of the economics ... eighteenth century was distin- guished by a widespread desire to minimise the gamble . Warfare on land and sea was ...
... eighteenth century incurred heavy public debts . Adam Smith , who was usually a brilliant observer of the economics ... eighteenth century was distin- guished by a widespread desire to minimise the gamble . Warfare on land and sea was ...
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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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