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 48
... seen the folly and missed the clue . The fighting began on 1 September 1939 between Ger- many and Poland , and the man who chose the day had high hopes that it would simply be a two - power war . Adolf Hitler , lecturing to the leaders ...
... seen the folly and missed the clue . The fighting began on 1 September 1939 between Ger- many and Poland , and the man who chose the day had high hopes that it would simply be a two - power war . Adolf Hitler , lecturing to the leaders ...
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... seen as unlikely . Because Japan was seen as a relatively minor threat , she became a major threat . Ironically , if the British defences in Singapore , especially the aerial defences , had been strengthened in the fifteen months after ...
... seen as unlikely . Because Japan was seen as a relatively minor threat , she became a major threat . Ironically , if the British defences in Singapore , especially the aerial defences , had been strengthened in the fifteen months after ...
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... seen as the fellow traveller , the tame friend of communism . Meanwhile many believers in peace still held to a simple formula . Some argued that male aggression was the main cause of war and that if women ruled the world there would be ...
... seen as the fellow traveller , the tame friend of communism . Meanwhile many believers in peace still held to a simple formula . Some argued that male aggression was the main cause of war and that if women ruled the world there 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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