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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... tended to be careless of threats within Europe ; as they were democracies they tended to have trouble in spending adequately on defence in years of peace , for other calls on revenue were more persuasive . A secure island democracy is ...
... tended to be careless of threats within Europe ; as they were democracies they tended to have trouble in spending adequately on defence in years of peace , for other calls on revenue were more persuasive . A secure island democracy is ...
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... tended to lead to longer periods of international peace . Indecisive wars , in contrast , tended to produce shorter periods of peace . Thus the eight- eenth century was characterised by inconclusive wars and by short periods of peace ...
... tended to lead to longer periods of international peace . Indecisive wars , in contrast , tended to produce shorter periods of peace . Thus the eight- eenth century was characterised by inconclusive wars and by short periods of peace ...
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... tended to become shorter . The months of war have tended to become fewer but deadlier . In the eighteenth century the War of the Bavarian Succession was probably the shortest , lasting only ten months , but in 1866 came the Seven Weeks ...
... tended to become shorter . The months of war have tended to become fewer but deadlier . In the eighteenth century the War of the Bavarian Succession was probably the shortest , lasting only ten months , but in 1866 came the Seven Weeks ...
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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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