The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceGeorge Cone Beckwith |
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... millions of dol- lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England six hundred millions of dollars ; and in the wars occasioned by the French revolution , she spent more than FIVE THOUSAND MILLIONS ! The public debt of Great Britain ...
... millions of dol- lars every year . Our revolutionary war cost England six hundred millions of dollars ; and in the wars occasioned by the French revolution , she spent more than FIVE THOUSAND MILLIONS ! The public debt of Great Britain ...
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... millions a year in our last war with England ! hundreds of millions in our revolutionary war ! Still worse do we find it in the Old World . England , as stated by one of her ablest and best men , has lavished upon Lord Wellington alone ...
... millions a year in our last war with England ! hundreds of millions in our revolutionary war ! Still worse do we find it in the Old World . England , as stated by one of her ablest and best men , has lavished upon Lord Wellington alone ...
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... millions a year , besides all the millions annually spent upon our militia system . Some of our war - ships have cost more than a million each ; our arsenal at Springfield contains muskets to the value of three millions ; in the navy ...
... millions a year , besides all the millions annually spent upon our militia system . Some of our war - ships have cost more than a million each ; our arsenal at Springfield contains muskets to the value of three millions ; in the navy ...
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War Curable | 12 |
6 Four Aspects of War | 49 |
10Russian Campaign | 90 |
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