{Scales}[20th April 1991]

[Redbook9:129][19910420:0953]{Scales}[20th April 1991]

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Although the idea* that an inter-national [sic] conflict might be M~ on a national level but G~ on a regional level is neat, I am not sure that it is theoretically sound. If the root of M~ and G~ ** phenomena in history lies primarily in the concentrated or diffused behaviour of individuals, one would not expect the expression of that behaviour to appear differently on different scales, nor would one expect the different degrees (M~ and G~) to be expressed in the same individual behaviour, on international and regional levels respectively, as invasion and civil war.***

*ref [] above

(& eg Vol[ume] VIII [])

**(Haven’t quite woken up yet – Saturday a.m.)

[– to explain various crossings-out and insertions, presumably]

***But what of the type of regional international war? – eg in 18^th century Europe, the difference between a war of conquest and a quarrel over border territories, influence, or trade. <910421>

{See [[Redbook9:174][19910421:1410#]{The Late Period [of Islam]}[21st April 1991],] 174}

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