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 187
... land knew that if their province were permanently annexed by an enemy , they themselves would retain their land . When their province was invaded they were neutrals more often than nationalists ; their grain and eggs and meat were ...
... land knew that if their province were permanently annexed by an enemy , they themselves would retain their land . When their province was invaded they were neutrals more often than nationalists ; their grain and eggs and meat were ...
Page 201
... land which was relatively united - Algeria was bonded by faith in Islam - had more hope of resisting European rule than a land where racial and religious allegiances were seriously divided . - 1 The power of an invading army depended ...
... land which was relatively united - Algeria was bonded by faith in Islam - had more hope of resisting European rule than a land where racial and religious allegiances were seriously divided . - 1 The power of an invading army depended ...
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... land and in the land of the enemy ; iv . knowledge or forgetfulness of the realities and sufferings of war ; v . nationalism and ideology ; vi . the state of the economy and also its ability to sustain the kind of war envisaged ; vii ...
... land and in the land of the enemy ; iv . knowledge or forgetfulness of the realities and sufferings of war ; v . nationalism and ideology ; vi . the state of the economy and also its ability to sustain the kind of war envisaged ; vii ...
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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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