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... conceivable , and that , on the other , they so enlarge and intensify the scope and evil of war and of international hostility as to give what was formerly a generous aspiration more and more of the aspect of an imperative necessity ...
... conceivable , and that , on the other , they so enlarge and intensify the scope and evil of war and of international hostility as to give what was formerly a generous aspiration more and more of the aspect of an imperative necessity ...
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... conceivable good which the completest victory could possibly achieve for either side . We may take , as a typical instance of this logical and neces- sary exaggeration which warfare has undergone , the case of the ' tank . ' The idea of ...
... conceivable good which the completest victory could possibly achieve for either side . We may take , as a typical instance of this logical and neces- sary exaggeration which warfare has undergone , the case of the ' tank . ' The idea of ...
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... conceivable ; and every important ad- vance is preceded by lines of aeroplanes and sustained by fleets : of these new and still developing weapons , the tanks . Every bat- tle sees scores of these latter monsters put out of action . Now ...
... conceivable ; and every important ad- vance is preceded by lines of aeroplanes and sustained by fleets : of these new and still developing weapons , the tanks . Every bat- tle sees scores of these latter monsters put out of action . Now ...
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... conceivable war - end . As a second instance , let us take the growth in size , range , and destructiveness of air - war . Few people realize fully what a vast thing the air - service has become . A big aeroplane of the raider type may ...
... conceivable war - end . As a second instance , let us take the growth in size , range , and destructiveness of air - war . Few people realize fully what a vast thing the air - service has become . A big aeroplane of the raider type may ...
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... conceivable . The deliberate organization of peace , as distinguished from a mere silly clamor for peace , may break out at almost any social level and in the form either of a constructive , and adaptive , or a revolutionary project ...
... conceivable . The deliberate organization of peace , as distinguished from a mere silly clamor for peace , may break out at almost any social level and in the form either of a constructive , and adaptive , or a revolutionary project ...
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