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... defence of the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns six percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get a ...
... defence of the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns six percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get a ...
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... Defence during the Kennedy and Johnson years, who has now made a 2003 academy award-winning documentary, The Fog of War, in which he warns specifically about the terrible dangers of relying on deterrence, a theory he strongly defended ...
... Defence during the Kennedy and Johnson years, who has now made a 2003 academy award-winning documentary, The Fog of War, in which he warns specifically about the terrible dangers of relying on deterrence, a theory he strongly defended ...
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... defence ministers of all three parties ruminated over the shredded arguments without reference to the fact that they had recently been destroyed, and so no longer existed. 'Perhaps they did not know?' asked Thompson acidly. 'Important ...
... defence ministers of all three parties ruminated over the shredded arguments without reference to the fact that they had recently been destroyed, and so no longer existed. 'Perhaps they did not know?' asked Thompson acidly. 'Important ...
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... defence or preparations for new campaigns. Leaving aside the doubtful morality of killing strangers, war and war preparations obviously impoverish us all. Spending a high proportion of income on making armaments which, if used, can ...
... defence or preparations for new campaigns. Leaving aside the doubtful morality of killing strangers, war and war preparations obviously impoverish us all. Spending a high proportion of income on making armaments which, if used, can ...
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