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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... victory . Both alliances expected victory . On the morning of 1 August , at a meeting of the federal council of Germany , the imperial chancellor , Bethmann Hollweg , gravely revealed that Germany had sent an ulti- matum to Russia and ...
... victory . Both alliances expected victory . On the morning of 1 August , at a meeting of the federal council of Germany , the imperial chancellor , Bethmann Hollweg , gravely revealed that Germany had sent an ulti- matum to Russia and ...
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... victory also ex- plained why victory would come slowly or rapidly . It is per- haps significant that in England the prediction that the war of 1914 would be short was based heavily on the economic arguments . England was the leading ...
... victory also ex- plained why victory would come slowly or rapidly . It is per- haps significant that in England the prediction that the war of 1914 would be short was based heavily on the economic arguments . England was the leading ...
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... victory by 15 August , the anniversary of V - J Day . The Anglo - French campaign at Suez in 1956 and Israel's wars with Egypt seem to have been spurred by hope of swift victory . And in Vietnam the United States ' decisions to ' esca ...
... victory by 15 August , the anniversary of V - J Day . The Anglo - French campaign at Suez in 1956 and Israel's wars with Egypt seem to have been spurred by hope of swift victory . And in Vietnam the United States ' decisions to ' esca ...
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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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