WarBasic Books, 1989 - 306 pages On the aspect of war: its causes, methods, endings and justifications. Includes discussions of the judgements involved in going to war, combat operations, intelligence gathering, and making peace. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 8
... nation's survival depends on the " ultimate " military capacity inher- ent in such measurable quantities as the size , health , wealth , and technical skill of its population . No doubt " potential " is always im- portant . But , by ...
... nation's survival depends on the " ultimate " military capacity inher- ent in such measurable quantities as the size , health , wealth , and technical skill of its population . No doubt " potential " is always im- portant . But , by ...
Page 39
... nations and nation - states ( international relations ) . None of this re- search and speculation has succeeded in predicting any war or any peace . Even when modern social science finds objective correlations between any one event or ...
... nations and nation - states ( international relations ) . None of this re- search and speculation has succeeded in predicting any war or any peace . Even when modern social science finds objective correlations between any one event or ...
Page 173
... Nations " because the forces that fought Napoleon there truly felt themselves to be the upholders of their nations ' identities against the French " nation in arms . " Conversely , Hitler's ideology of Ger- man racial superiority feared ...
... Nations " because the forces that fought Napoleon there truly felt themselves to be the upholders of their nations ' identities against the French " nation in arms . " Conversely , Hitler's ideology of Ger- man racial superiority feared ...
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