The Eastern MenaceKegan, Paul, Trench & Company, 1881 - 344 Seiten |
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... Asia Minor at the expense of Turkey , and in Asia proper at the expense of Turkestan ; the Russian advance towards the frontier of Afghanistan synchronous with our own abandonment of that state ; and a further consolidation of strength ...
... Asia Minor at the expense of Turkey , and in Asia proper at the expense of Turkestan ; the Russian advance towards the frontier of Afghanistan synchronous with our own abandonment of that state ; and a further consolidation of strength ...
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... Asia and America , in opposite quarters of the globe , she has long lines of communication to guard between them , formidable rivals fast approaching her frontiers , and menacing those lines from the flanks throughout the greater ...
... Asia and America , in opposite quarters of the globe , she has long lines of communication to guard between them , formidable rivals fast approaching her frontiers , and menacing those lines from the flanks throughout the greater ...
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... Asia , unless we are really prepared to abdicate our own position entirely . We may avoid war for the present , even for a few years , at this price , but the moment we thwart her designs , war is inevitable . Her long cherished purpose ...
... Asia , unless we are really prepared to abdicate our own position entirely . We may avoid war for the present , even for a few years , at this price , but the moment we thwart her designs , war is inevitable . Her long cherished purpose ...
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... Asia which is rapidly increasing . We have not only no army commensurate with our needs and position , but our whole system of recruiting is radically faulty and ill adapted to its purpose . Time so essential now to us for the raising ...
... Asia which is rapidly increasing . We have not only no army commensurate with our needs and position , but our whole system of recruiting is radically faulty and ill adapted to its purpose . Time so essential now to us for the raising ...
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... positions of Great Britain and Russia in Asia from the military point of view . The two principal points of observation in the fore- going remarks , the growing disadvantage to England in the VULNERABILITY OF ENGLAND . 45.
... positions of Great Britain and Russia in Asia from the military point of view . The two principal points of observation in the fore- going remarks , the growing disadvantage to England in the VULNERABILITY OF ENGLAND . 45.
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