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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... warfare seem similar over a long span of time . While the mechanisation of warfare is perhaps the one exception it has been an uneven influence . Indeed part of the shortening effect of mechanisa- tion is an illusion . It merely reduces ...
... warfare seem similar over a long span of time . While the mechanisation of warfare is perhaps the one exception it has been an uneven influence . Indeed part of the shortening effect of mechanisa- tion is an illusion . It merely reduces ...
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... warfare . In 1926 the Oxford scientist , Dr C. G. Douglas , and Britain's former controller of chemical warfare , Brigadier - General Hartley , summing up the future of gas warfare , noted that most ' forecasts of future wars assign to ...
... warfare . In 1926 the Oxford scientist , Dr C. G. Douglas , and Britain's former controller of chemical warfare , Brigadier - General Hartley , summing up the future of gas warfare , noted that most ' forecasts of future wars assign to ...
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... warfare . Until the function of warfare is appreciated , the search for a more humane and more efficient way of measuring power is likely to be haphazard . PATTERNS OF FIGHTING 26. To precede war with a formal ' declaration of war ' is ...
... warfare . Until the function of warfare is appreciated , the search for a more humane and more efficient way of measuring power is likely to be haphazard . PATTERNS OF FIGHTING 26. To precede war with a formal ' declaration of war ' is ...
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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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