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Pradyu Prasad - Imperial Japan, the God Emperor, and Militarization in the Modern World

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The Stupidity of a Nation State

I don't think we should underestimate the stupidity of a nation state. Allied GDP was almost always greater than GDP for the entire of the war, not counting colonies of either. So they were very stupid. It would be like 10 more going to war with UK. But see, where did God once the UK starts with the army, there's no way you could quit.

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