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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... rival forces and rival equipment . But not less influential are the indirect or more subtle factors that will affect the out- come and , above all , the predicted outcome of a war . Among these factors are nationalism and other ...
... rival forces and rival equipment . But not less influential are the indirect or more subtle factors that will affect the out- come and , above all , the predicted outcome of a war . Among these factors are nationalism and other ...
Page 127
... rivals believed that they could achieve more through war than peace . The conclusion how- ever conflicts with the belief that many wars were uninten- tional . Such wars , it is argued , arose when one nation miscon- strued the aims of a ...
... rivals believed that they could achieve more through war than peace . The conclusion how- ever conflicts with the belief that many wars were uninten- tional . Such wars , it is argued , arose when one nation miscon- strued the aims of a ...
Page 143
... Rival armies and rival men - of - war far from home had to be given some independ- ence simply because they were far from home . Thus in Bengal in 1759 Dutch and British forces deliberately clashed along the Hooghly River , upstream ...
... Rival armies and rival men - of - war far from home had to be given some independ- ence simply because they were far from home . Thus in Bengal in 1759 Dutch and British forces deliberately clashed along the Hooghly River , upstream ...
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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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