The Palace of Crystal: A World Without WarWar has blighted the security and happiness of humanity from time immemorial, but when two hundred years ago the colonies in North America broke away from British rule and established the United States, it was seen as a hopeful promise for the peoples of the world. A new democracy had been launched wherein all (or at least, the majority) were deemed to be created equal in respect of their rights, and were citizens and not subjects, in a land of self-confident individualism, which was not only free of the hereditary-based authoritarianism of the Old World, but more significantly, seemed destined to live at peace with the great nation states beyond their frontiers. It was a nation where government was minimised to ensure freedom in the spheres of commerce, religion, and private life, but the ideals of universal concord were not so easily to be achieved by either the efforts of this new people, or by the world at large. |
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... Congress . Let each colony [ State ] be divided into six , eight or ten convenient districts , each district to send a proper number of delegates to Congress , so that each colony send at least thirty . The whole number in [ Federal ] ...
... Congress . Let each colony [ State ] be divided into six , eight or ten convenient districts , each district to send a proper number of delegates to Congress , so that each colony send at least thirty . The whole number in [ Federal ] ...
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... Congress , given the same advice as the president , have spurned it and chosen the military option ? Against the preference and advice of the president himself ? What if the Cuban missile crisis had been discussed openly , in Congress ...
... Congress , given the same advice as the president , have spurned it and chosen the military option ? Against the preference and advice of the president himself ? What if the Cuban missile crisis had been discussed openly , in Congress ...
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... Congress , with the exception of the Nicaraguan question , when Congress ruled against support for the Contras - a decision that president Reagan disobeyed . Looking at the tarnished image of the US in Central and South America today ...
... Congress , with the exception of the Nicaraguan question , when Congress ruled against support for the Contras - a decision that president Reagan disobeyed . Looking at the tarnished image of the US in Central and South America today ...
Contents
Consequences | 9 |
Chapter Two The Changing face of War | 17 |
Chapter Three Stony Ground | 29 |
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