The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceGeorge Cone Beckwith |
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... practice of legalized piracy be utterly abolished , and commerce be left , alike in peace and war , to traverse every sea , and barter its commodities in every port , safe from the attacks of privateers or of public ships ? A ...
... practice of legalized piracy be utterly abolished , and commerce be left , alike in peace and war , to traverse every sea , and barter its commodities in every port , safe from the attacks of privateers or of public ships ? A ...
Page 518
... practice more calamitous or horrible ; and yet it is a practice of which it rarely occurs to us to inquire into the necessity , or to ask whether it cannot be , or ought not to be avoided . In one truth , however , all will acquiesce ...
... practice more calamitous or horrible ; and yet it is a practice of which it rarely occurs to us to inquire into the necessity , or to ask whether it cannot be , or ought not to be avoided . In one truth , however , all will acquiesce ...
Page 538
... practice make distinctions even moderately accurate between defensive war , and war for other purposes . Suppose the Christian Scriptures had said , An army may fight in its own defence , but not for any other purpose . Whoever will ...
... practice make distinctions even moderately accurate between defensive war , and war for other purposes . Suppose the Christian Scriptures had said , An army may fight in its own defence , but not for any other purpose . Whoever will ...
Contents
War Curable | 12 |
6 Four Aspects of War | 49 |
10Russian Campaign | 90 |
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