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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... fighting rather than negotiating . Agreement depends not only on the perceived distribution of power but on the per ... fighting nations agree on their relative strength , and wars usually begin when fighting nations disagree on their ...
... fighting rather than negotiating . Agreement depends not only on the perceived distribution of power but on the per ... fighting nations agree on their relative strength , and wars usually begin when fighting nations disagree on their ...
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... fighting was also lulled by the patient processes of siege and blockade so common in the eighteenth century . And yet the wars still had bitter battles and long passages of savage fighting , and even the years of peace had intermittent ...
... fighting was also lulled by the patient processes of siege and blockade so common in the eighteenth century . And yet the wars still had bitter battles and long passages of savage fighting , and even the years of peace had intermittent ...
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... fighting . Only on the eve of the First World War was it reasonable to predict that the coming campaign would probably be a general war , though few predicted that it would embrace so many nations . The entry of a new nation into a ...
... fighting . Only on the eve of the First World War was it reasonable to predict that the coming campaign would probably be a general war , though few predicted that it would embrace so many nations . The entry of a new nation into a ...
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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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