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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... treaty was more likely to create a lasting peace . Thus several historians praised the men who shaped the treaties at Paris and Vienna in 1814 and 1815 as the creators of a long period of peace . Nevertheless as a perceptive American ...
... treaty was more likely to create a lasting peace . Thus several historians praised the men who shaped the treaties at Paris and Vienna in 1814 and 1815 as the creators of a long period of peace . Nevertheless as a perceptive American ...
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... treaty was essential because the economic omens were already so gloomy . He explained that the cobweb of buying and selling , borrowing and lending , which for long had linked every port and factory in the world was delicate . A peace ...
... treaty was essential because the economic omens were already so gloomy . He explained that the cobweb of buying and selling , borrowing and lending , which for long had linked every port and factory in the world was delicate . A peace ...
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... treaty was usually followed with surprising speed by another war . Perhaps the most moderate peace treaty was in 1748 , at the end of nine years of war , but by 1756 almost half of Europe was enmeshed in the Seven Years ' War . Nor do ...
... treaty was usually followed with surprising speed by another war . Perhaps the most moderate peace treaty was in 1748 , at the end of nine years of war , but by 1756 almost half of Europe was enmeshed in the Seven Years ' War . Nor do ...
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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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