Retreat From DoomsdayBasic Books, 17/04/1989 - 327 páginas In 'Retreat from Doomsday', John Mueller traces the major Cold War crises of the postwar era - Korea, Cuba, Vietnam - and concludes that despite their revolutionary and expansionist ideology, former Soviet leaders never saw major war as a sensible tactic. |
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THE DECLINE AND PERSISTENCE OF WAR BEFORE | 15 |
War Advocacy Before World War I | 37 |
Major War Becomes an Anachronism | 53 |
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