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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... seems likely that the Commons will have a chance to reconsider the question of a mandatory vote for war soon . Whether the almost universal perception that leaders have misled parliament and public over Iraq will be sufficient ...
... seems likely that the Commons will have a chance to reconsider the question of a mandatory vote for war soon . Whether the almost universal perception that leaders have misled parliament and public over Iraq will be sufficient ...
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... seems capable of taking on the threatening world that has allowed so many psychopaths to achieve great power . The demand for psychopaths exists , and to fill that demand , there is a never - ending supply . Perhaps it is because of the ...
... seems capable of taking on the threatening world that has allowed so many psychopaths to achieve great power . The demand for psychopaths exists , and to fill that demand , there is a never - ending supply . Perhaps it is because of the ...
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... seems to be a general rule of nature that females of every species are irresistibly drawn to physical power , and in human society there are always plenty of females who evidently feel a similarly irresistible attraction to the ...
... seems to be a general rule of nature that females of every species are irresistibly drawn to physical power , and in human society there are always plenty of females who evidently feel a similarly irresistible attraction to the ...
Contents
Consequences | 9 |
Chapter Two The Changing face of War | 17 |
Chapter Three Stony Ground | 29 |
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