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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... troops towards Sofia in order to meet the advancing Serbian army . And when the first troop trains reached the terminus in central Bulgaria the soldiers had to march 80 miles across the Balkan Ranges , past the city of Sofia , and so ...
... troops towards Sofia in order to meet the advancing Serbian army . And when the first troop trains reached the terminus in central Bulgaria the soldiers had to march 80 miles across the Balkan Ranges , past the city of Sofia , and so ...
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... troops on a long strip of German soil - all seemed to be just compensation for what the victors described in the Treaty of Versailles as ' the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies ' . Under the treaty the ...
... troops on a long strip of German soil - all seemed to be just compensation for what the victors described in the Treaty of Versailles as ' the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies ' . Under the treaty the ...
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... troops , fleeing from the French at Mainz , reputedly lacked the cash to hire ferries that would carry them to safety across the Rhine : penniless and calm , they surrendered . Perhaps the Austrians on the banks of the Rhine had sur ...
... troops , fleeing from the French at Mainz , reputedly lacked the cash to hire ferries that would carry them to safety across the Rhine : penniless and calm , they surrendered . Perhaps the Austrians on the banks of the Rhine had sur ...
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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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