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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... ports . In Berlin and Leipzig scores of English families cut short their holiday and boarded trains leaving Germany . At sea , passenger liners received wireless warnings to change course for friendly ports . Outside newspaper offices ...
... ports . In Berlin and Leipzig scores of English families cut short their holiday and boarded trains leaving Germany . At sea , passenger liners received wireless warnings to change course for friendly ports . Outside newspaper offices ...
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... ports was one of Britain's sharpest weapons . The British used this weapon as determinedly as the Germans were to use sub- marines a century later , and moreover they applied the blockade to the ships of neutrals as well as enemies . As ...
... ports was one of Britain's sharpest weapons . The British used this weapon as determinedly as the Germans were to use sub- marines a century later , and moreover they applied the blockade to the ships of neutrals as well as enemies . As ...
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... Port Arthur was heavily fortified , as its approaches were well patrolled , and as it was perhaps six hundred miles from the nearest port in Japan , it seemed safe . Most inhabitants believed that , if war came , no attack would be ...
... Port Arthur was heavily fortified , as its approaches were well patrolled , and as it was perhaps six hundred miles from the nearest port in Japan , it seemed safe . Most inhabitants believed that , if war came , no attack would be ...
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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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