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... military knowledge or tradition , and their attitude towards war is invariably defensive . No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory " , no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the ...
... military knowledge or tradition , and their attitude towards war is invariably defensive . No politician could rise to power by promising them conquests or military glory " , no Hymn of Hate has ever made any appeal to them . In the ...
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... Military dictatorships exist everywhere , but there is no such thing as a naval dictatorship . What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the ...
... Military dictatorships exist everywhere , but there is no such thing as a naval dictatorship . What English people of nearly all classes loathe from the bottom of their hearts is the swaggering officer type , the jingle of spurs and the ...
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... military protection , the first result would be a fresh foreign conquest , and the second a series of enormous famines which would kill millions of people within a few years . What India needs is the power to work out its own ...
... military protection , the first result would be a fresh foreign conquest , and the second a series of enormous famines which would kill millions of people within a few years . What India needs is the power to work out its own ...
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