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 98
... offered the attackers the very assets which summer usually offered . The Japanese in 1904 gained by attacking Russia in winter . The new Trans - Siberian railway was the main supply line for Russian forces in the Far East , but was not ...
... offered the attackers the very assets which summer usually offered . The Japanese in 1904 gained by attacking Russia in winter . The new Trans - Siberian railway was the main supply line for Russian forces in the Far East , but was not ...
Page 208
... offered at least one unnoticed lesson . They were insulated by ocean or by political circum- stances from interference by outsiders . They lacked those pressures which in Europe were tending to terminate wars . While many wars in Europe ...
... offered at least one unnoticed lesson . They were insulated by ocean or by political circum- stances from interference by outsiders . They lacked those pressures which in Europe were tending to terminate wars . While many wars in Europe ...
Page 241
... offered the opportunity to increase their independence . Decisive fighting in the early phase of some wars not only raised issues that were vital to adjacent nations but it led to contradictory perceptions of military power . A country ...
... offered the opportunity to increase their independence . Decisive fighting in the early phase of some wars not only raised issues that were vital to adjacent nations but it led to contradictory perceptions of military power . A country ...
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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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