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... military machine ? In other words , how was it that war itself became an integral part of ' civilization , ' exalted as the supreme manifestation of all ' sovereign power ' ? In its original geographic setting , the labor machine is ...
... military machine ? In other words , how was it that war itself became an integral part of ' civilization , ' exalted as the supreme manifestation of all ' sovereign power ' ? In its original geographic setting , the labor machine is ...
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... military organization was central , I take it , to the whole development of ' civilization ' that took place between 4000 and 600 B.C. And under thin disguises it remains central today . The ' sovereign state ' today is only the ...
... military organization was central , I take it , to the whole development of ' civilization ' that took place between 4000 and 600 B.C. And under thin disguises it remains central today . The ' sovereign state ' today is only the ...
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... military preoccupations Leonardo did not stand alone : he was but one of a large group of highly inventive minds in Italy , France , and Germany , all devoted to military engineering , finding immediate service , if not a full use for ...
... military preoccupations Leonardo did not stand alone : he was but one of a large group of highly inventive minds in Italy , France , and Germany , all devoted to military engineering , finding immediate service , if not a full use for ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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