Download or read book Causes of War, 3rd Ed. written by Geoffrey Blainey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1988-09-07 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The peace that passeth understanding -- Paradise is a bazaar -- Dreams and delusions of a coming war -- While waterbirds fight -- Death-watch and scapegoat wars -- War chests and pulse beats -- A calendar of war -- The abacus of power -- War as an accident -- Aims and arms -- A day that lives in infamy -- Vendetta of the Black Sea -- Long wars -- And shorter wars -- The mystery of wide wars -- Australia's Pacific war -- Myths of the nuclear era -- War, peace and neutrality.