The League of Nations - Is There a Divide of the Country Into Nation States?

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i think that the basic system is working well. There's only been two cases in which one united nations country his tried to take over another, as i pointed out,. One as the coed thing and one as this current thing. And neither will prove to be harbingers ofe thing's to come. I don't think peace is caused by the the trade, but the trade is facilitated by peace. If we're not going to go in otherg the french sben a lot time, really brilliantly, getting into wars with each other. You have to also agree that we want to get rich, and the best way to get rich is through trade, including international trade. It

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