War and Peace

5.The state and the martial character of peoples

p. 81–82Warrior classes devoted wholly to war, handing skill from father to son.read · scan

p. 99–100Retinues give glory in peace and defence in war; their fame alone often prevents wars.read · scan
p. 108Batavians, bravest of the tribes, are exempt from tribute and reserved for war like a magazine of arms for Rome.read · scan
p. 109Cattan infantry are disciplined, entrenched and equipped to conduct a war, trusting the general over the army's strength.read · scan
p. 111Tencterian cavalry renown; Bructerians destroyed by neighbours, and Tacitus hopes for perpetual enmity among Rome's foes.read · scan
p. 111–112They live in repose, provoking no wars or plunder, yet stay ready to arm, their credit high.read · scan

p. 272Ancient British soldiers endured extreme hunger in war, living on herbs and standing in waterread · scan
p. 301Argues that in foreign invasion a populous nation of men is worth more than stores of money.read · scan

p. 73–74State greatness rests on a martial people, not walls, numbers, money or mercenaries; examples of Arbela and Tigranes.read · scan
p. 75–76Martial strength depends on a sturdy middle people; England's yeomanry made better soldiers than French peasants.read · scan
p. 76Free attendants of nobles are as good in arms as yeomanry.read · scan
p. 76–77A nation must profess arms as principal honor and occupation; sedentary arts oppose military disposition.read · scan
p. 77–78Bacon argues nations become great by professing arms, citing Romans, Turks and Spartans, and holds wars need at least specious grounds and readiness to aid allies.read · scan

p. 243–244The institution trains youth equally for peace and war, unlike Sparta, which trained only for war.read · scan

p. 523–524The Swiss have only man and steel, the soldier and his sword.read · scan

p. 160–162Scotland is pictured as a martial nation who will fight if provoked over whisky.read · scan
p. 329–331Caledonia repels Roman, English and Scandinavian invaders, a lambkin in peace and lion in war.read · scan

p. 372–373Hunters, shepherds and farmers readily serve as soldiers, unlike townsmen; Roman levies and medieval archers kept discipline and courage.read · scan

p. 341–342Germans were impossible for Romans to conquer.read · scan
p. 403Nobles were bred to war; duelling kept them at risk in peace, dampening envy.read · scan

p. 423New Zealanders are intensely warlike; a chief declares war rather than waste gunpowder, and Shongi's life is driven by revenge and war.read · scan

p. 141Alien to aggression and conquest, the race retreated and made invincible resistance at bay.read · scan
p. 164–166Warfare against the foreigner gives a people full consciousness of itself.read · scan

p. 232Martial kings like Tullus scour armor from the rust of peace; conquests foretold.read · scan

p. 100Warriors seek foreign wars in peacetime; war and plunder sustain retinues.read · scan
p. 112–113Long peace enfeebled the Cheruscans; Tacitus recounts two centuries of Rome's costly wars with Germans.read · scan

p. 72–73Ferdinand used war on Granada to occupy nobles and build power and military discipline.read · scan

p. 263English long peace gave means to discover, while French colonization was impeded by civil wars at home.read · scan

p. 78–79Just foreign war is the true exercise of a state, preventing effeminate courage and corrupt manners; command of the sea decides wars.read · scan

p. 331Violence, oppression and sword-law spread; battle, then peace bringing luxury and civil broils.read · scan
p. 331Adam finds peace corrupts no less than war wastes; conquerors turn to pleasure, sloth and hostile deeds in peace.read · scan

p. 63Husbandmen love peace and were not among commanders who ruined the country in the civil wars.read · scan

p. 1015–1016Peace of commerce is a curse and hidden civil war of cheating; questions blessings of peaceread · scan
p. 1016–1017Better loud war than a peace of cheating; a war would make the tradesman fightread · scan
p. 1056–1057He welcomes war as a cure for a sordid peace of wrongs and shame, fighting for the good rather than railing at ill.read · scan

p. 432The Civil War is called the most momentous of modern times, waged by a people unnerved by fifty years of peace and facing hostile neutrality abroad.read · scan