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 188
... soldiers who deserted were usually treble those who were killed or captured . The phrase , ' soldiers missing in action ' , obviously had a different meaning in the eighteenth century . Many regiments could not be trusted to forage for ...
... soldiers who deserted were usually treble those who were killed or captured . The phrase , ' soldiers missing in action ' , obviously had a different meaning in the eighteenth century . Many regiments could not be trusted to forage for ...
Page 225
... soldiers had resorted only briefly to the shield of trenches and earthworks , the war would probably still have been long ; it might even have lasted more than four years . That can be said with some con- fidence . Indeed the one ...
... soldiers had resorted only briefly to the shield of trenches and earthworks , the war would probably still have been long ; it might even have lasted more than four years . That can be said with some con- fidence . Indeed the one ...
Page 278
... soldiers at Sebastopol . In the First World War the Germans directed chlorine gas against the French trenches in April 1915 and British troops used gas five months later , both armies relying on a favourable wind to blow the gas towards ...
... soldiers at Sebastopol . In the First World War the Germans directed chlorine gas against the French trenches in April 1915 and British troops used gas five months later , both armies relying on a favourable wind to blow the gas towards ...
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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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