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 143
... ships or diplomatic couriers were the fastest carriers of news , wars in remote parts of the world could continue for months after peace had been signed . In the Flemish town of Ghent on Christmas Eve 1814 , the delegates from London ...
... ships or diplomatic couriers were the fastest carriers of news , wars in remote parts of the world could continue for months after peace had been signed . In the Flemish town of Ghent on Christmas Eve 1814 , the delegates from London ...
Page 157
... ships and troops to eastern Asia and the failure of diplomatic negotiations . When the United States attacked Britain in 1812 it was partly in response to many British attacks on neutral American merchant ships ; in that sense open ...
... ships and troops to eastern Asia and the failure of diplomatic negotiations . When the United States attacked Britain in 1812 it was partly in response to many British attacks on neutral American merchant ships ; in that sense open ...
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... ships eventually fell in with seven of the French ships off the coast of Portugal . One French ship of seventy - four guns was pounded into a virtual wreck and four others were chased into the Portuguese port of Lagos . Boscawen however ...
... ships eventually fell in with seven of the French ships off the coast of Portugal . One French ship of seventy - four guns was pounded into a virtual wreck and four others were chased into the Portuguese port of Lagos . Boscawen however ...
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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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