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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... period of peace ran from the end of the Franco - Prussian War in 1871 to the close of the century , though the most common opinion is to assign the end of the long peace to 1914. Each era of peace ... peace during 4 The Mystery of Peace.
... period of peace ran from the end of the Franco - Prussian War in 1871 to the close of the century , though the most common opinion is to assign the end of the long peace to 1914. Each era of peace ... peace during 4 The Mystery of Peace.
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... period of peace . A decisive general war did not always lead to a long period of peace . This survey of the major wars of the period 1700 to 1815 does suggest however that the traditional theory which equates an even balance of power with ...
... period of peace . A decisive general war did not always lead to a long period of peace . This survey of the major wars of the period 1700 to 1815 does suggest however that the traditional theory which equates an even balance of power with ...
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... period of peace to set in . Significantly the peace after the 1914-18 war was abnormally short , for it was weakened by the world depression and its military , economic and psycholo- gical effects on winners and losers . On the other ...
... period of peace to set in . Significantly the peace after the 1914-18 war was abnormally short , for it was weakened by the world depression and its military , economic and psycholo- gical effects on winners and losers . On the other ...
Contents
The Peace that Passeth Understanding | 3 |
Paradise is a Bazaar | 18 |
Dreams and Delusions of a Coming War | 35 |
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