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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... wars ? And what factors tend to make wars long or short ? Very little has been published anywhere about those questions , and yet each question is linked intimately to the wider question of what causes war and peace . The neg- lected ...
... wars ? And what factors tend to make wars long or short ? Very little has been published anywhere about those questions , and yet each question is linked intimately to the wider question of what causes war and peace . The neg- lected ...
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... peace was second . And if there was a conflict between the two priorities the colonies won and peace lost . The sentences in favour of peace which filled the despatch boxes were ... peace or war is attached to a 134 The Elusive Warmongers.
... peace was second . And if there was a conflict between the two priorities the colonies won and peace lost . The sentences in favour of peace which filled the despatch boxes were ... peace or war is attached to a 134 The Elusive Warmongers.
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Geoffrey Blainey. 16. War and peace are more than opposites . They have so much in common that neither can be understood without the other . 17. War and peace appear to share the same framework of causes . The same set of factors should ...
Geoffrey Blainey. 16. War and peace are more than opposites . They have so much in common that neither can be understood without the other . 17. War and peace appear to share the same framework of causes . The same set of factors should ...
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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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