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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... side , it is doubt- ful if there ever was a war which fulfilled the initial hopes of both sides . It is probable that in the majority of wars the initial hopes of neither side were fulfilled . In the First World War neither alliance ...
... side , it is doubt- ful if there ever was a war which fulfilled the initial hopes of both sides . It is probable that in the majority of wars the initial hopes of neither side were fulfilled . In the First World War neither alliance ...
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... side of the Atlantic the French were no longer so subdued . In November 1814 the British prime minister Lord Liverpool became as eager as the American president for peace . Lord Liverpool privately pointed to Britain's financial ...
... side of the Atlantic the French were no longer so subdued . In November 1814 the British prime minister Lord Liverpool became as eager as the American president for peace . Lord Liverpool privately pointed to Britain's financial ...
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... side . Boscawen had taken part in at least four attempts to capture enemy forts or fortified harbours - Cartagena in the West Indies , Mauritius and Pondicherry in the East , and Louis- burg on Cape Breton Island - and only in the ...
... side . Boscawen had taken part in at least four attempts to capture enemy forts or fortified harbours - Cartagena in the West Indies , Mauritius and Pondicherry in the East , and Louis- burg on Cape Breton Island - and only in the ...
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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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