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... reasons, could not be trusted to keep to the bargain they had signed. In addition, being human, they would die from time to time, and a new, untried individual would emerge from a fierce leadership contest to take the place of the late ...
... reasons, could not be trusted to keep to the bargain they had signed. In addition, being human, they would die from time to time, and a new, untried individual would emerge from a fierce leadership contest to take the place of the late ...
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... reasons for the failure occupy the following pages. Though recent history demonstrates that democracies can be led into a pre-emptive war, the pessimistic inference that democracies must therefore be as warlike as any other form of ...
... reasons for the failure occupy the following pages. Though recent history demonstrates that democracies can be led into a pre-emptive war, the pessimistic inference that democracies must therefore be as warlike as any other form of ...
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... reason has failed time and again. Evidently something other than reason is involved. * This book falls naturally into three sections. In the first section, Part One (Consequences), the history of war and its heavy cost to humanity is ...
... reason has failed time and again. Evidently something other than reason is involved. * This book falls naturally into three sections. In the first section, Part One (Consequences), the history of war and its heavy cost to humanity is ...
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... reason for an enquiry.' He further explained that the decision to go to war being a political one, the government was then accountable 'to parliament and ultimately to the electorate'. He plainly implied that prime ministers were ...
... reason for an enquiry.' He further explained that the decision to go to war being a political one, the government was then accountable 'to parliament and ultimately to the electorate'. He plainly implied that prime ministers were ...
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... reason. We appear to have become more easily shocked by its viciousness – or perhaps we should say we have on the whole become more civilised. One demonstration of this increased sensitivity is the public reaction to disasters of one ...
... reason. We appear to have become more easily shocked by its viciousness – or perhaps we should say we have on the whole become more civilised. One demonstration of this increased sensitivity is the public reaction to disasters of one ...
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