Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson: One thing had better be said at the outset. War occurs because the great mass of human beings are prepared, at least in

One thing had better be said at the outset. War occurs because the great mass of — Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson

One thing had better be said at the outset. War occurs because the great mass of human beings are prepared, at least in certain circumstances, to regard the resort to arms as an acceptable proceeding.

Robin Prior & Trevor Wilson

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