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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... least the British had the compensation of military victory . The Boer republics had also initially believed that they would win , and their ultimate defeat - with 6000 soldiers killed , thousands of farm- houses and flocks and herds ...
... least the British had the compensation of military victory . The Boer republics had also initially believed that they would win , and their ultimate defeat - with 6000 soldiers killed , thousands of farm- houses and flocks and herds ...
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... least seven years , all were general wars . * In contrast the only general war in the northern hemisphere during the ninety- nine years from the defeat of Napoleon to the start of the First World War was the Crimean War : significantly ...
... least seven years , all were general wars . * In contrast the only general war in the northern hemisphere during the ninety- nine years from the defeat of Napoleon to the start of the First World War was the Crimean War : significantly ...
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... least four years , and in 1879 Chile and Bolivia and Peru began their War of the Pacific which flared and smouldered for four years . As these wars had been fought outside Europe , and as only the Mexican war involved a European army ...
... least four years , and in 1879 Chile and Bolivia and Peru began their War of the Pacific which flared and smouldered for four years . As these wars had been fought outside Europe , and as only the Mexican war involved a European army ...
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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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