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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... explanations in events that were happening simultaneously . * They noticed that international peace coincided with ... explanation of the relative peace in Europe since the influence of nuclear weapons seems to rely often on - 1945 ...
... explanations in events that were happening simultaneously . * They noticed that international peace coincided with ... explanation of the relative peace in Europe since the influence of nuclear weapons seems to rely often on - 1945 ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. ing them to the nearest milligram . He applied to economic explanation a statistical verve which was not to be applied to military explanation — and then only tentatively - for at least another three - quarters of a ...
Geoffrey Blainey. ing them to the nearest milligram . He applied to economic explanation a statistical verve which was not to be applied to military explanation — and then only tentatively - for at least another three - quarters of a ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. work of an explanation of war should also be valid for an explanation of peace , the volcano or kettle theories are sus- pect . For any explanation the framework is crucial . In every field of knowledge the accepted ...
Geoffrey Blainey. work of an explanation of war should also be valid for an explanation of peace , the volcano or kettle theories are sus- pect . For any explanation the framework is crucial . In every field of knowledge the accepted ...
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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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