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 91
... outbreak of the war with certain economic conditions . In Feb- ruary 1938 he issued a short article with an ominous warning . Entitled ' The Outbreak of War and the Trade Cycle ' , it occupied nine pages of a learned journal at the very ...
... outbreak of the war with certain economic conditions . In Feb- ruary 1938 he issued a short article with an ominous warning . Entitled ' The Outbreak of War and the Trade Cycle ' , it occupied nine pages of a learned journal at the very ...
Page 113
... outbreak of peace . By ignoring the outbreak of peace they seem to have ignored the very period when the distribution of military power between warring nations can be accurately measured . For warfare is the one convincing way of measur ...
... outbreak of peace . By ignoring the outbreak of peace they seem to have ignored the very period when the distribution of military power between warring nations can be accurately measured . For warfare is the one convincing way of measur ...
Page 157
... outbreak of any war without searching for the warmaker . It is also difficult to re- sist the conclusion that if one nation started the war it must have caused the war . Moreover in most wars it seems easy to identify the nation which ...
... outbreak of any war without searching for the warmaker . It is also difficult to re- sist the conclusion that if one nation started the war it must have caused the war . Moreover in most wars it seems easy to identify the nation which ...
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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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