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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... influence . Whether it actually pro- motes peace or war , however , is open to debate . If it is based on false generalisations about the causes of war and the causes of peace its influence in promoting peace is likely to be limited and ...
... influence . Whether it actually pro- motes peace or war , however , is open to debate . If it is based on false generalisations about the causes of war and the causes of peace its influence in promoting peace is likely to be limited and ...
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... influenced diplomacy : ' Diplomacy without armaments is like music without instruments ' . Clausewitz had fought for Prussia in many campaigns against the French but he had more influence on wars in which he did not fight . He is said ...
... influenced diplomacy : ' Diplomacy without armaments is like music without instruments ' . Clausewitz had fought for Prussia in many campaigns against the French but he had more influence on wars in which he did not fight . He is said ...
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... influence : Southgate , xv , wrote of ' the Palmerston who was so careful to prevent a general war in 1830-1 and 1848–9 ' . See also xxii . - 12. Bismarck's influence : Taylor , ' Otto Bismarck ' , p . 668 – ' he was the principal ...
... influence : Southgate , xv , wrote of ' the Palmerston who was so careful to prevent a general war in 1830-1 and 1848–9 ' . See also xxii . - 12. Bismarck's influence : Taylor , ' Otto Bismarck ' , p . 668 – ' he was the principal ...
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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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